# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Skip gateway cold-start during desktop serve on Windows

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where the Windows Hermes update process unnecessarily cold-starts a standalone gateway when the desktop app (hermes serve) is already running as the runtime. The work involves detecting this condition and skipping the redundant cold-start.

## 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 #92698. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #92698 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #76129: \[Bug\]: Windows hermes update cold-starts a standalone gateway after every update when the desktop app (hermes serve) is the runtime

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#92698: fix(update): Windows update no longer spawns a rogue gateway beside Desktop (#76129, salvage #76745)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_desktop_lifecycle_windows_live.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_windows_gateway_cold_start_desktop_lifecycle.py`
- **#76173: fix(update): skip gateway cold-start when desktop serve is running**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#76708: fix(update): skip gateway cold-start when desktop backend is running (#76129)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `b14d75f8afdb624be03cbefd19494ccc850bf367`, `#76173`
- **#76745: fix(update): skip Windows gateway cold-start when Desktop owns lifecycle**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `f4067774aa`, `#92698`, `#90778`, `#92091`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #92698 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-23`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`