# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Email platform enabled flag ignored when env vars set

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #78823: platforms.email.enabled: false is silently ignored when the EMAIL_* env vars are set
- PR #79011: fix(gateway): respect _enabled_explicit for email platform env arming (#78823)

These issues and PRs concern a bug where setting \`platforms.email.enabled: false\` is silently overridden when EMAIL_* environment variables are present. The work addresses making explicit enable/disable configuration respected regardless of environment variable arming.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #78823: platforms.email.enabled: false is silently ignored when the EMAIL_* env vars are set

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#78857: fix(gateway): honor explicit email disable under env arming**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`
- **#79011: fix(gateway): respect _enabled_explicit for email platform env arming (#78823)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `gateway/config.py`

## Fix status

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