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macOS launchd UID lookup failure handling

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2 open items. Fix merged in #106856 on 5 Oct 2026. Check it covers your case.

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2open PRs
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A fix was merged to main in PR #106856. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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0 issues and 2 PRs.

These issues and fixes address crashes or errors in the macOS gateway when the current user's UID cannot be looked up via pwd.getpwuid, adding fallback behavior for unresolvable launchd user IDs and home directories.

Open issues0

No open issues.

Open PRs2

  • PR#57456fix(gateway): tolerate unresolved launchd user ids
  • PR#57485fix(gateway): handle unresolved launchd uid homes

Fixes on record

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  • #106856 fix(gateway): tolerate unresolvable UIDs in launchd plist path lookup (#57292)

    merged to main

    files: hermes_cli/gateway.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_service.py

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: superseded by another PR 1

  • #57300 fix(gateway): fall back when launchd uid lookup fails · superseded by another PR → #57456, #57292, #57485
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#57292macOS gateway launchd commands crash when current UID is not resolvable via pwd.getpwuid
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  • Link evidence (structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
  • Pairwise link density 0.40: the share of item 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.

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Merged PRs
#106856
Closed issues
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1 PR closed without merging
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5 Oct 2026

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