# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway startup failures with parked profiles in Desktop and TUI

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Members center on Desktop boot hitting a \`Gateway starting (deadline)\` error when the active profile is parked, with related gateway changes aimed at failing fast and naming the parked profile. One member also mentions broader Desktop/TUI gateway connectivity and a Windows pipe peer identification item, so the scope is somewhat wider than a single bug.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #139661. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #139661 (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-139661`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #138791: \[Bug\]: Desktop boot fails with \`Gateway starting (deadline)\` when the sticky active_profile is a parked profile — regression after update

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#139661: fix(gateway): Desktop and TUI can reach, start, restart and authenticate to the one gateway again (#139574, package 6)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/local-gateway-stale-restart-owner.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/local-gateway.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/local-gateway.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/updater-process.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/updater-process.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/api/canonical-create-options.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/api/canonical-producer-contract.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/api/canonical-protocol.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/api/canonical-protocol.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/gateway/hooks/use-gateway-boot-profile-pick.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/gateway/hooks/use-gateway-boot.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/profile.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `gateway/drain_control.py`, `gateway/run_api.py`, `gateway/run_bootstrap.py`, `gateway/run_runtime.py`, `gateway/run_shutdown.py`, `gateway/runtime_bootstrap_windows.py` (+39 more)
- **#138823: fix(gateway): fail fast for standalone parked profiles**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `dfa7938977`, `927e1f5c6c`, `#138791`
- **#139620: fix(gateway): Desktop boot fails fast naming a parked profile; Windows pipe identifies short-lived peers (RT-16, W6; salvage #138823)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#139661`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #139661 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-16`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`