# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows gateway crash recovery and service backend

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #40899: Windows gateway reliability: replace schtasks with a real Windows Service (pywin32 + SCM RecoveryActions)

These issues and PRs address unreliable gateway process monitoring on Windows, including a broken cron-based watchdog and proposals to replace it with a proper Windows Service using pywin32 and SCM recovery actions for automatic respawn on crash.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.34`: 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

- #40899: Windows gateway reliability: replace schtasks with a real Windows Service (pywin32 + SCM RecoveryActions)

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #41662: \[Windows\] Gateway cron scheduler circular dependency + os.kill(pid,0) broken — no auto-recovery when gateway crashes

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#41761: fix(#41662): Windows gateway watchdog for automatic respawn on crash**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `433db17c0a`, `#45610`, `#41662`, `#70205`
- **#46333: feat(gateway): add Windows Service backend with SCM RecoveryActions**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#46349: feat(gateway): add Windows Service backend with SCM RecoveryActions**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

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