# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway pairing list read on every message

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug and two related performance improvements addressing repeated disk reads and parsing of the pairing approved list on each inbound gateway message. The work involves caching and moving file I/O off the event loop.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #120405. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #120405 (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-120405`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #77440: \[Bug\]: pairing approved list is re-read from disk and re-parsed on every inbound gateway message

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120405: perf(gateway): take file I/O and per-message scans off the event loop**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `gateway/pairing.py`, `gateway/platforms/api_server.py`, `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `gateway/platforms/weixin.py`, `gateway/run_turn.py`, `plugins/platforms/buzz/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/slack/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_api_server_artifact_store_async.py`, `tests/gateway/test_buzz_adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_pairing.py`, `tests/gateway/test_proxy_mode.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slack_unfurl_nested_blocks_budget.py`, `tests/gateway/test_weixin.py`
- **#77441: perf(gateway): cache pairing approved list by file mtime instead of re-reading per message**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#120405`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #120405 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-23`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`