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TUI and Desktop gateway startup and bootstrap fixes

Cluster 138878 · gateway. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #139661 on 16 Oct 2026. Check it covers your case.

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Known?
Yes. 4 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
Fix event
A fix was merged to main in PR #139661. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
Tracker
The maintainers' tracker marks this resolved, deciding PR #139661. That is separate from the fix event.
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The members mostly concern the TUI (and Desktop) having trouble starting, reaching, or recovering its gateway, including a bootstrap error on source installs reporting a missing 'ruamel' module. Three are fix PRs and one is a bug report; the exact causes and outcomes are not established from titles alone.

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  • #139661 fix(gateway): Desktop and TUI can reach, start, restart and authenticate to the one gateway again (#139574, package 6)

    merged to main

    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)

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1 · superseded by another PR 1

  • #138898 fix(tui): Ink's gateway bootstrap and clipboard helper boot PM's dependencies · merged via another change → 3a99ad6, #139661
  • #139629 fix(tui): hermes --tui starts its gateway on source and Nix installs, names a bootstrap failure once, and stops leaking pollers (TUI-22/23/24; salvage #138898, #139423, #138894) · superseded by another PR → #139661
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#138878[Bug]: TUI can't start or recover its gateway on a source install: gateway_bootstrap.py dies with No module named 'ruamel'
How this cluster was grouped
  • Link evidence (structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
  • Pairwise link density 0.50: the share of item 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.

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Subsystem
gateway
Merged PRs
#139661
Closed issues
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Attempts
2 PRs closed without merging
Fix link checked
16 Oct 2026

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