# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Systemd gateway install and non-standard HERMES_HOME handling

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #6729: \[Bug\]: Systemd Gateway installation does not honor non-standard HERMES_HOME env variable
- PR #14450: fix(gateway): preserve target HERMES_HOME for systemd install

The members appear to share one theme: the systemd gateway installation not honoring an explicitly set HERMES_HOME. One is a bug report, and the others are fix-oriented titles (two with identical titles) about honoring or preserving the target HERMES_HOME during install.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #6729: \[Bug\]: Systemd Gateway installation does not honor non-standard HERMES_HOME env variable

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#6822: fix(gateway): honor explicit HERMES_HOME in systemd install**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#6941`
- **#6941: fix(gateway): honor explicit HERMES_HOME in systemd install**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
- **#14450: fix(gateway): preserve target HERMES_HOME for systemd install**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_service.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`