# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Skip AF_UNIX witness tests on native Windows

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where UNIX-socket loop-witness tests ran on native Windows without a platform guard, and add a skip condition so those tests are bypassed cleanly on Windows.

## 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 #100951. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #100951 (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-100951`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #98039: \[Bug\]: UNIX-socket loop-witness tests run on Windows without a platform boundary

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#100951: test(gateway): AF_UNIX witness tests skip cleanly on native Windows (#98039, salvage #98059)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_wedged_gateway.py`
- **#98059: test(gateway): skip real-UNIX-socket witness cases on native Windows**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#100951`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #100951 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-02`.