# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Docker boot-time config migration and .env loss concerns

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

The members concern Docker boot-time config migration: one bug report says \`gateway run\` auto-migration strips $HERMES_HOME/.env on container start, and two pull requests propose restoring backups on failure and making the migration transactional. The titles suggest the PRs address the reported problem, but the available information does not confirm resolution.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #51675. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #51675 (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-51675`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #51579: \[Bug\]: \`gateway run\` auto-migration strips $HERMES_HOME/.env on every container start (Docker) — recurs on each laptop reboot, kills Telegram (regression of #26804)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#51675: fix(docker): make boot-time config migration transactional (#51579)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `scripts/docker_config_migrate.py`, `tests/tools/test_docker_config_migrate.py`
- **#51615: fix(docker): restore boot-migration backups on failure**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#51675`, `#51579`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #51675 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-06-24`.