# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway identity files written to wrong directory

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where gateway runtime files (pid, lock, state, identity) are written to an incorrect directory due to a context-local HERMES_HOME override leaking into process-level file path resolution. The fixes aim to use the process-level HERMES_HOME consistently for these files.

## 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 #59341. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #59341 (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-59341`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #56986: Gateway pid/lock/state files written into wrong profile directory (context-local HERMES_HOME override leak)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#59341: fix(gateway): use process-level HERMES_HOME for identity files (#56993 salvage)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/status.py`, `scripts/release.py`, `tests/gateway/test_status.py`
- **#56993: fix(gateway): use process-level HERMES_HOME for identity files**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `043e71f1f46b7e1067d706cb85c6a49fd6c3484f`, `#59341`
- **#57380: fix(gateway): keep runtime files in process home**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#56993`, `#56986`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #59341 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-07`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`