# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows handling of POSIX-only pwd/grp imports and test calls

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #137195: \[Bug\]: win32: unguarded import pwd/import grp in gateway_migrate guards + ungated killpg/geteuid test sites — 3 files, 8 tests
- PR #137266: fix(win32): guard POSIX-only pwd/grp sites and gate POSIX-only test call sites
- PR #137761: fix(gateway): degrade POSIX account lookups to ValueError without pwd/grp

The members concern POSIX-only modules and calls (pwd, grp, killpg, geteuid) in gateway migration code and its tests on Windows. One is a bug report, and the other two are pull requests proposing guards, test gating, and a ValueError fallback for account lookups.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #137195: \[Bug\]: win32: unguarded import pwd/import grp in gateway_migrate guards + ungated killpg/geteuid test sites — 3 files, 8 tests

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#137266: fix(win32): guard POSIX-only pwd/grp sites and gate POSIX-only test call sites**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#137761`
  - files: `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway_migrate_guards.py`, `tests/tools/test_mcp_stability.py`, `tests/tools/test_stage2_hook_nous_routing_env.py`
- **#137761: fix(gateway): degrade POSIX account lookups to ValueError without pwd/grp**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway_migrate_guards.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway_service_owner.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_migrate_multiplex.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_service_identity.py`, `tests/tools/test_mcp_stability.py`, `tests/tools/test_stage2_hook_nous_routing_env.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`