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macOS ps flags incompatibility in gateway PID scan

Cluster 73626 · hermes cli. Data as of 2026-10-23 11:54 UTC

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These issues and PRs address a bug where _scan_gateway_pids always returns an empty list on macOS because the ps flags used are illegal on BSD ps. Fixes involve replacing the incompatible flags with BSD-compatible alternatives.

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#91321 fix(gateway): macOS manual-gateway scan no longer silently empty — BSD-safe ps flags + fleet-wide launchd exclusion (#73626, salvage #74075)

merged to main

files: hermes_cli/gateway.py, hermes_cli/update_cmd.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_proc_fallback.py

3 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 2 · merged via another change 1

#73632 fix(cli): resolve illegal ps flags on macOS in _scan_gateway_pids (Closes #73626) · done elsewhere
#74075 fix(gateway): use BSD-compatible ps flags in _scan_gateway_pids (#73626) · merged via another change → #91321
#92442 fix(gateway): use BSD-compatible ps flags in _scan_gateway_pids (#736… · done elsewhere → 15328b4, #91321, #74075, #73632, #73626

Closed issues · 1

Closed#73626macOS: _scan_gateway_pids always returns [] — `ps -A eww` is illegal on BSD ps, manual-gateway sweep is dead code on macOS

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Subsystem: hermes cli
Merged PRs: #91321
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 3 PRs closed without merging
Fix link checked: 21 Aug 2026

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