# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows gateway startup error from POSIX-only API

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the gateway's loop-tick liveness witness used a POSIX-only asyncio API, causing an AttributeError traceback on every Windows startup. The members cover the bug report and associated fixes to guard that code path to POSIX only.

## 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 #100915. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #100915 (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-100915`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #96956: \[bug\] shutdown_watchdog: asyncio.start_unix_server does not exist on Windows — loop-tick liveness witness never created (every gateway start)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#100915: fix(gateway): Windows gateway no longer logs an AttributeError traceback on every start (#96956, salvage #96989)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/jackal991@users.noreply.github.com`, `gateway/shutdown_watchdog.py`, `tests/gateway/test_shutdown_watchdog.py`
- **#96989: fix(gateway): arm loop-tick witness only on POSIX**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `c34ac049d9`, `#100915`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #100915 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-02`.