# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway detaching from external supervisors like launchd on macOS

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

The members center on the gateway preserving ownership under an external supervisor. One issue describes it self-detaching from launchd on macOS (setsid, PPID 1), and two pull requests with similar titles address supervisor ownership, one noted as a salvage of an earlier change. Their outcomes are not established by the titles.

## 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 #65502. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #65502 (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-65502`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `1.00`: 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

- #64778: Gateway self-detaches from launchd on macOS (setsid → PPID 1) → orphaned gateways / KeepAlive churn / config silently not applied

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#65502: fix(gateway): preserve external supervisor ownership (salvage #65105)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/restart.py`, `gateway/slash_commands.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/subcommands/gateway.py`, `scripts/release.py`, `tests/gateway/test_restart_service_detection.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_external_supervisor.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_subcommands_profile_gateway.py`, `website/docs/reference/cli-commands.md`
- **#65105: fix(gateway): preserve external supervisor ownership**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#65502`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #65502 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-16`.