# NousResearch/hermes-agent · XML-escape launchd plist values on macOS

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #48164: gateway: launchd plist generator does not XML-escape dynamic strings
- PR #48178: fix(gateway): XML-escape launchd plist values (#48164)

These issues and pull requests address a bug where dynamic strings in the launchd plist generator were not properly XML-escaped, with fixes targeting macOS desktop and browser resolution hardening.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #48164: gateway: launchd plist generator does not XML-escape dynamic strings

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#48178: fix(gateway): XML-escape launchd plist values (#48164)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `9c764f982ef69f2017f15f3923e764d751ad6a6a`
  - files: `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_service.py`
- **#48225: fix: harden macOS desktop and browser resolution**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`
- **#48229: fix: escape launchd plist values**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`

## Fix status

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