# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows gateway watchdog, env, and proxy bug fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Three fragility bugs in the messaging gateway on Windows: missing watchdog process, environment variable overrides ignoring YAML config, and aiohttp trust_env causing proxy misrouting under Scheduled Tasks. Members cover the bug report and corresponding fixes.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #101194. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #101194 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-101194`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #48820: \[Windows\] Messaging gateway has 3 fragility bugs: no watchdog, env override ignores yaml, aiohttp trust_env misroutes under Scheduled Task

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#101194: Gateway adapters honor one gateway.trust_env key instead of hard-coded aiohttp trust_env (#48820 bug 3, supersedes #76309, salvage #70119 #56229)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cli-config.yaml.example`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `gateway/platforms/qqbot/adapter.py`, `gateway/platforms/weixin.py`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `plugins/platforms/google_chat/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/homeassistant/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/line/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/matrix/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/mattermost/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/slack/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/sms/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/teams/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/wecom/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_gateway_trust_env.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/index.md`
- **#48851: fix(gateway): resolve watchdog, env override, and proxy routing on Windows**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#48937: fix(gateway): harden Windows watchdog, env-override, and proxy routing (#48820)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #101194 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-02`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`