# NousResearch/hermes-agent · launchd plist path overwritten by app refresh

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #40278: \[Bug\]: Hermes Studio.app overwrites launchd plist Python path, breaking WeChat channel
- PR #61021: fix(gateway): preserve launchd runtime from app refresh

A bug where Hermes Studio overwrites the launchd plist Python path, and related fixes to preserve launchd runtime ownership during plist repair and app refresh.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #40278: \[Bug\]: Hermes Studio.app overwrites launchd plist Python path, breaking WeChat channel

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#40413: fix(gateway): preserve launchd runtime ownership on plist repair**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#40608`
- **#61021: fix(gateway): preserve launchd runtime from app refresh**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_service.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`