# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway lock-state directory fallback and Podman deployment issues

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #16550: \[Bug\]: Podman-deployed Hermes gives error
- PR #16559: fix(gateway): fall back to HERMES_HOME when ~/.local/state is unwritable

Two members propose gateway changes that fall back to HERMES_HOME when ~/.local/state is unwritable. The other two are bug reports about Podman deployments, one a general error and one about user ID matching; the titles alone don't show whether they relate to the fallback changes.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.39`: 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

- #16550: \[Bug\]: Podman-deployed Hermes gives error

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #24041: \[Bug\]: Podman user ID matching

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#16559: fix(gateway): fall back to HERMES_HOME when ~/.local/state is unwritable**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `043e71f1f46b7e1067d706cb85c6a49fd6c3484f`
  - files: `gateway/status.py`, `tests/gateway/test_status.py`
- **#56421: fix(gateway): fall back from unwritable lock state home**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `c341a2d107182205d4092e66b0f428d6c35a6bcf`, `#56402`, `#33481`

## Fix status

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