# NousResearch/hermes-agent · WSL /mnt/ path scraping causes Plan 9 overload

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where WSL interop path building indiscriminately scrapes all /mnt/ paths, overloading Plan 9 and crashing the WSL VM. Related entries propose fixes to limit this scraping behavior in the gateway.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #131806. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #131806 (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-131806`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #73163: Bug: _build_wsl_interop_paths scrapes all /mnt/ paths, causing Plan 9 overload → WSL VM crash

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#131806: fix(gateway): stop scraping /mnt/ PATH entries into WSL interop unit PATH \[risk 0.30\]**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_service.py`
- **#73174: fix(gateway): stop scraping every /mnt/ PATH entry into WSL systemd interop unit**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#131806`
- **#73199: fix(gateway): remove indiscriminate /mnt/ path scraping for WSL systemd (#73163)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#73174`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #131806 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-02`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`