# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix false-positives in gateway lifecycle guard regex

## Open now

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These issues and PRs address false-positive matches in the gateway terminal lifecycle guard, caused by insufficient regex anchoring. The fix tightens the regex with command-boundary anchors to avoid incorrectly matching full-path binary executions.

## 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 #93328. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #93328 (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-93328`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #77173: Gateway terminal guard false-positives on full-path binary execution

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#93328: fix: file paths containing lifecycle words no longer trip the gateway guard (#77173, salvage #77536)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `cron/lifecycle_guard.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_restart_loop.py`
- **#77536: fix(guard): lifecycle guard false-positive on full paths**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `20e308fea705`, `#93328`, `#77173`
- **#77571: fix: tighten gateway-lifecycle regex with command-boundary anchors**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#77536`, `#93328`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #93328 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-24`.
- Subsystem: `cron`