# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway service detection and PID classification fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #16264: ✓ Gateway is running (PID: 1896, 1893, 8140)
  (Running manually, not as a system service)

To install as a service:
  hermes gateway install
  sudo hermes gateway install --system falsely reports 'Running manually' when gateway is actually a systemd user service
- PR #16349: fix(gateway): classify service-managed status pids

These items relate to incorrect detection of whether the gateway is running as a managed system service, including fixes for PID classification and systemd service status checks when the .service file is not at the expected path.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #16264: ✓ Gateway is running (PID: 1896, 1893, 8140)
  (Running manually, not as a system service)

To install as a service:
  hermes gateway install
  sudo hermes gateway install --system falsely reports 'Running manually' when gateway is actually a systemd user service

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#16349: fix(gateway): classify service-managed status pids**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#62195`
  - files: `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_service.py`
- **#99200: fix(gateway): detect active systemd service even when .service file not at expected profile path**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#26731`, `#20254`

## Fix status

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