# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Platform disable flag overridden by env credential bootstrap

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a bug where setting \`platforms.*.enabled: false\` in config.yaml is ignored when environment variable credentials are present during bootstrap. The work addresses preserving explicit platform disable flags regardless of env var state.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #96557. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #96557 (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-96557`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #73289: bug: platforms.*.enabled: false in config.yaml is overridden by env credential bootstrap (all platforms)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#96557: fix(gateway): WHATSAPP_ENABLED=true no longer overrides an explicit platforms.whatsapp.enabled: false (#73289, salvage #73303)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `gateway/config_env.py`, `tests/gateway/test_env_override_explicit_disable.py`
- **#73303: fix(gateway): preserve explicit platform disables**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `73a9c34529`, `867e4158f0c1`, `#96557`
- **#73376: fix(gateway): respect explicit enabled: false in env credential bootstrap (#73289)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `867e4158f0c1`, `73a9c34529`, `867e4158f0c1`, `#96557`, `#96557`
- **#73724: fix(gateway): respect platforms.*.enabled: false even when env vars are present**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `867e4158f0c1`, `73a9c34529`, `867e4158f0c1`, `#96557`, `#96557`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #96557 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-14`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`