# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows gateway install and lifecycle hardening

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address problems with the Windows gateway installation process, including idempotency of the install lifecycle, hardening the scheduled task, and suppressing repeated console window flashes that can disrupt the desktop.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #28874. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #28874 (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-28874`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #26487: \[Bug\]: \[Severe\] Windows gateway install may spawn repeated console windows that make the desktop unusable

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#28874: fix(windows): make gateway install lifecycle idempotent (salvage of #26488)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cron/scheduler.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway_windows.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_windows.py`, `tools/environments/local.py`, `tools/process_registry.py`
- **#26488: fix(windows): make gateway install lifecycle idempotent**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#28874`, `#26487`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #28874 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-05-19`.