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Windows gateway crashes from os.kill PID checks

Cluster 5760 · gateway. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix attempted, not merged.

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Known?
Yes. 17 related items grouped here, 8 issues already closed.
Fix event
No fix has been merged to main. 9 PRs closed without merging; see the attempts below.
Tracker
The maintainers' tracker marks this unresolved. That is separate from the fix event.
Still open
Nothing open on GitHub.

A cluster of bug reports and fixes addressing crashes in the gateway startup on Windows caused by unhandled OSError, SystemError, and WinError exceptions from os.kill(pid, 0) during PID liveness checks. Also includes one unrelated feature adding model list support for user-defined providers in the CLI.

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No open issues.

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No open pull requests.

9 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 3 · duplicate 3 · superseded by another PR 2 · other 1

  • #5762 fix(gateway): handle Windows OSError/SystemError in os.kill probes (#5760) · done elsewhere → 4c02e45, cc38282
  • #6310 fix(gateway): handle windows pid probe failures · other
  • #9024 fix(gateway): #8978 resolve Windows startup crash caused by os.kill(0… · done elsewhere → 4c02e45
  • #9579 fix: tolerate Windows stale gateway pid OSError · duplicate → #14364, #12363, #11156
  • #12363 fix(windows): handle OSError from os.kill() for non-existent PIDs · superseded by another PR → 324567c
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  • #13587 fix(gateway): use ctypes.OpenProcess for Windows process existence check · superseded by another PR → #13986
  • #13986 fix(windows): handle OSError from os.kill and add UTF-8 encoding for Windows (#5760, #8978, #7537, #8901) · done elsewhere
  • #14364 fix(gateway): catch OSError from os.kill on Windows for stale PID detection · duplicate → #11140, #5760, #12359, #9574
  • #26411 fix(gateway/status): catch SystemError from os.kill on Windows · duplicate → #5760, #5762, #21514, #13587
Closed issues · 8
  • Closed#5760Windows: os.kill(pid, 0) raises SystemError/OSError in gateway/status.py
  • Closed#7227Windows: hermes gateway crashes on stale gateway.pid after abrupt shutdown (os.kill(pid, 0) -> OSError)
  • Closed#8978[Bug]: Windows: hermes gateway crashes on startup with OSError WinError 87
  • Closed#9574[Bug]: Windows Git Bash gateway startup can crash on stale gateway.pid when os.kill(pid, 0) raises WinError 11
  • Closed#12359[BUG]:Windows: os.kill(pid, 0) raises OSError [WinError 87] and crashes gateway startup
  • Closed#13932[Bug]: Windows: os.kill(pid, 0) causes WinError 87 and fails to start hermes gateway
  • Closed#14359os.kill(pid, 0) in gateway/status.py raises unhandled OSError on Windows
  • Closed#21432os.kill(pid, 0) raises SystemError on Windows in get_running_pid(), crashing hermes gateway
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