# NousResearch/hermes-agent · macOS gateway install/start under root (sudo) and launchd handling

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #67732: \[Bug\]: macOS: sudo gateway install writes plist to /var/root, misreports launchd as unsupported, silently falls back to a root-run gateway
- PR #93930: fix(macos): refuse root-run gateway install/start/restart under launchd (#67732)

These members concern running the macOS gateway install/start/restart as root via sudo, which is reported to write the plist under /var/root, misreport launchd support, and fall back to a root-run gateway with root-owned state. Two entries are fix proposals referencing #67732 that would refuse root-run operations; the third is a bug report describing the behavior.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #67732: \[Bug\]: macOS: sudo gateway install writes plist to /var/root, misreports launchd as unsupported, silently falls back to a root-run gateway

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#67741: fix(macos): prevent root-run gateway install that breaks launchd and creates root-owned state (#67732)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `655154119d1c`, `#67732`, `#67741`, `#374151`
- **#93930: fix(macos): refuse root-run gateway install/start/restart under launchd (#67732)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#67741`
  - files: `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_service.py`

## Fix status

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