# NousResearch/hermes-agent · macOS ps flags incompatibility in gateway PID scan

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

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.

## 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 #91321. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #91321 (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-91321`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

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

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#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 · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_proc_fallback.py`
- **#73632: fix(cli): resolve illegal ps flags on macOS in _scan_gateway_pids (Closes #73626)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
- **#74075: fix(gateway): use BSD-compatible ps flags in _scan_gateway_pids (#73626)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#91321`
- **#92442: fix(gateway): use BSD-compatible ps flags in _scan_gateway_pids (#736…**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `15328b4db7`, `#91321`, `#74075`, `#73632`, `#73626`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #91321 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-21`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`