# NousResearch/hermes-agent · System unit path generation uses wrong user home

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #40698: \[Bug\]: system gateway unit generated with wrong PATH when installed via sudo (missing user hermes_home/node/bin)
- PR #40704: fix(gateway): use target user's hermes_home in system unit PATH generation
- PR #50332: fix(gateway): pass target user's HERMES_HOME to _build_service_path_dirs for system units

A bug where system gateway units are generated with paths referencing the wrong user's HERMES_HOME, particularly when installed via sudo. Multiple fixes address passing and remapping the target user's home directory during unit path generation.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #40698: \[Bug\]: system gateway unit generated with wrong PATH when installed via sudo (missing user hermes_home/node/bin)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#40704: fix(gateway): use target user's hermes_home in system unit PATH generation**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `d76a58bd1`, `#40698`
  - files: `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_service.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_service_paths.py`
- **#50332: fix(gateway): pass target user's HERMES_HOME to _build_service_path_dirs for system units**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#40704`, `#40698`
  - files: `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_service_paths.py`

## Fix status

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