# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows gateway autostart duplicate entry cleanup

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern duplicate or stale startup/autostart launcher entries left by gateway and desktop installs on Windows, and efforts to consolidate them into a single mechanism. No resolution status is assumed.

## 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 #122268. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #122268 (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-122268`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #80569: \[Windows Desktop\] Gateway/Desktop install leaves duplicate startup entries and can respawn after update

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#122268: fix(gateway): keep one Windows gateway autostart mechanism**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/doctor_platform.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway_windows.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_windows.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_windows.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/windows-native.md`
- **#53321: fix(windows): reconcile stale pre-#45610 cmd.exe gateway autostart launchers**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#53321`, `#81362`, `#80569`
- **#81362: fix(windows): converge dual gateway autostart entries to one mechanism (#80569)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#122268`, `#80569`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #122268 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-27`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`