# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Skip gateway reconciliation in serve containers

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #78810: \[Bug\]: \`container_boot\` only exempts \`dashboard\` from gateway reconciliation — a \`serve\` container on a shared HERMES_HOME starts a duplicate gateway
- PR #130401: fix(docker): serve container skips gateway reconcile

A bug where serve containers incorrectly start a duplicate gateway when sharing HERMES_HOME, and corresponding fixes to exempt serve containers from gateway reconciliation in container_boot and Docker.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #78810: \[Bug\]: \`container_boot\` only exempts \`dashboard\` from gateway reconciliation — a \`serve\` container on a shared HERMES_HOME starts a duplicate gateway

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#78844: fix(container_boot): skip gateway reconciliation in serve containers too (#78810)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#79115: fix(docker): skip gateway reconcile in serve containers (#78810)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#78844`, `#78810`
- **#130401: fix(docker): serve container skips gateway reconcile**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#64846`
  - files: `hermes_cli/container_boot.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_container_boot.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/docker.md`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`