# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway process detection matching 'hermes-gateway' in arguments too broadly

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #140089: \[Bug\]: any process with an argument 'hermes-gateway' is treated as a gateway; hermes update drains and kills it
- PR #140093: fix(gateway): restrict dedicated gateway argv matching
- PR #140108: fix(gateway): an entrypoint name in argument position is not a gateway

One issue reports that any process with 'hermes-gateway' as an argument is treated as a gateway, which the update flow then drains and kills. Two related pull requests propose narrowing gateway argv matching so an entrypoint name in argument position is not treated as a gateway.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #140089: \[Bug\]: any process with an argument 'hermes-gateway' is treated as a gateway; hermes update drains and kills it

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#140093: fix(gateway): restrict dedicated gateway argv matching**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `gateway/status.py`, `tests/gateway/test_gateway_command_line_matcher.py`
- **#140108: fix(gateway): an entrypoint name in argument position is not a gateway**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `gateway/status.py`, `tests/gateway/test_gateway_command_line_matcher.py`

## Fix status

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