Gateway restart broken by inherited _HERMES_GATEWAY env var

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Data as of 2026-10-21 12:10 UTC

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A cluster of bug reports and fixes centered on _HERMES_GATEWAY environment variable being inherited by child processes, causing gateway restart operations to silently fail across Windows, macOS (launchd), and dashboard/chat contexts. Work spans detection, scrubbing, and platform-specific restart path hardening.

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#52482 fix(dashboard): drop _HERMES_GATEWAY when spawning hermes actions

merged to main

files: hermes_cli/web_server.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_dashboard_admin_endpoints.py
#93267 fix: inherited gateway env marker no longer blocks CLI sessions from gateway management (#92560, salvage #92196)

merged to main

files: contributors/emails/[redacted:email], hermes_cli/gateway.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_restart_loop.py, tools/terminal_tool.py

6 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 2 · superseded by another PR 2 · duplicate 1 · other 1

#39970 fix(gateway): strip gateway guard in Windows restart helper · done elsewhere → 264ac72
#40059 fix(gateway): strip _HERMES_GATEWAY from Windows detached restart helper env · other
#40141 fix(gateway): strip _HERMES_GATEWAY from detached restart helper env (#39969) · superseded by another PR → 264ac72
#57523 fix(web-server): strip _HERMES_GATEWAY from spawned management subprocesses · superseded by another PR → #52482
#57524 fix(gateway): scrub gateway env from dashboard restarts · done elsewhere → aa9aaaa, #52470, #93267, #57512

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#57853 fix(dashboard): scrub gateway marker from actions · duplicate → #57524, #57512

Closed issues · 4

Closed#39969Windows gateway /restart can leave gateway stopped when helper inherits _HERMES_GATEWAY
Closed#44312/restart never respawns outside service managers: detached restart helper inherits _HERMES_GATEWAY=1 and self-refuses (#30719 regression)
Closed#52470[Bug]: Dashboard auto-restart silently fails — _spawn_hermes_action inherits _HERMES_GATEWAY=1 from dashboard process
Closed#57512[Bug]: Desktop 'Restart Gateway' button silently fails due to _HERMES_GATEWAY env var guard

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Subsystem: dashboard
Merged PRs: #52482, #93267
Closed issues: 4
Attempts: 6 PRs closed without merging
Fix link checked: 23 Aug 2026

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