# NousResearch/hermes-agent · macOS Desktop startup hang with home path casing differences

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items appear to concern a macOS Desktop startup hang tied to a Gateway profile or home path that differs only in letter case. One member is a bug report, and the others are titled as a fix and a related change involving gateway tickets and home identity versus spelling; their titles alone do not establish outcomes.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #139014. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #139014 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-139014`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #138754: \[Bug\]: macOS Desktop hangs during startup when Gateway profile path differs only in letter casing

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#139014: Desktop no longer hangs on macOS when the home path's letter case differs (#138754, salvage #138961)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/local-gateway-ticket-identity.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/local-gateway.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`
- **#138961: fix(desktop): mint gateway tickets for a home's identity, not its spelling**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `13ab702c523`, `3de62feaecc`, `#139014`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #139014 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-15`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`