# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway lifecycle guard bypass via process signals

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a security gap where dangerous command approval can be bypassed by sending SIGTERM or using launchctl/pidof-based kills to terminate the gateway process. The work focuses on extending the gateway lifecycle guard to close these bypass vectors.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #53216. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #53216 (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-53216`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #33071: Dangerous command approval can be bypassed by sending SIGTERM to gateway process

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#53216: fix(security): extend gateway-lifecycle guard to launchctl and pidof kills**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_approval.py`, `tools/approval.py`
- **#33084: fix(approval): extend gateway-lifecycle guard to launchctl and pidof-based kills**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `3c8d3ecfa`, `#53216`
- **#33562: fix(approval): close gateway lifecycle bypass gaps (fixes #33071)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `3c8d3ecfa`, `#33084`, `#53216`, `#33071`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #53216 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-06-26`.
- Subsystem: `agent`