# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix update progress logging in gateway mode

## Open now

- 0 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #97402: fix(update): preserve gateway progress logging
- PR #101850: fix(update): stream update.log and heartbeat past the Desktop idle watchdog

These items address a bug where gateway mode fails to create the update.log file that the Desktop idle watchdog monitors, causing healthy Windows updates to be incorrectly cancelled. The fixes preserve and stream gateway progress logging to satisfy the watchdog.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #97394: Desktop hand-off watchdog cancels healthy Windows updates: \`--gateway\` mode never creates logs/update.log, the only progress signal windows.ps1 watches

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#97402: fix(update): preserve gateway progress logging**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#101850`, `#97402`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_hangup_protection.py`
- **#101850: fix(update): stream update.log and heartbeat past the Desktop idle watchdog**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `gateway/run_notifications.py`, `hermes_cli/source_build.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `locales/af.yaml`, `locales/ar.yaml`, `locales/de.yaml`, `locales/en.yaml`, `locales/es.yaml`, `locales/fr.yaml`, `locales/ga.yaml`, `locales/hu.yaml`, `locales/it.yaml`, `locales/ja.yaml`, `locales/ko.yaml`, `locales/pt.yaml`, `locales/ru.yaml`, `locales/tr.yaml`, `locales/uk.yaml`, `locales/zh-hant.yaml`, `locales/zh.yaml` (+2 more)

## Fix status

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