# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Relay incorrectly imports gateway.run on non-gateway hosts

## Open now

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A bug where relay_runtime imports gateway.run from non-gateway hosts, causing its module-level side effects to hijack the approvals path. The fix stops this unintended import.

## 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 #120178. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #120178 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #87183: CLI approval panel never renders: relay_runtime imports gateway.run whose module top-level setenv (HERMES_EXEC_ASK=1) hijacks approvals into the gateway path with no notify_cb

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120178: fix: hermes -z runs in its launch directory and loads its AGENTS.md again (#95577, salvage #88281)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/relay_runtime.py`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/agent/test_relay_session_segments.py`
- **#87187: fix(relay): stop importing gateway.run from non-gateway hosts (#87183)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#88281`, `#86043`, `#87183`
- **#88281: fix(relay): stop importing gateway.run from non-gateway hosts (#87183)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `a1398394385`, `9638c87e6a`, `#87183`, `#87187`, `#120178`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #120178 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-23`.
- Subsystem: `gateway/relay`