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Windows gateway update ambiguity bug and fixes

Cluster 99911 · hermes cli. Data as of 2026-10-30 11:57 UTC

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #115680 on 19 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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Known?: Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
Fix event: A fix was merged to main in PR #115680. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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A bug where updating Hermes crashes with a 'Gateway ownership is ambiguous' error when the gateway runs via Windows Task Scheduler, along with two related fix attempts addressing the Task Scheduler interaction and SCM-host ambiguity scoping.

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#115680 fix(update): Windows update no longer stops Task Scheduler for a Scheduled-Task gateway (#97208, salvage #97220)

merged to main

files: hermes_cli/gateway.py, hermes_cli/gateway_windows.py, hermes_cli/update_cmd.py, hermes_cli/update_cmd_deps.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_windows.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_update_venv_health.py, website/docs/getting-started/updating.md, website/docs/user-guide/windows-native.md

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 1

#99938 fix(cli): scope the shared SCM-host ambiguity guard to the gateway's direct parent · done elsewhere → 44945d2, #115680

Closed issues · 1

Closed#99911Windows: hermes update crashes with 'Gateway ownership is ambiguous' when gateway runs via Scheduled Task

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Subsystem: hermes cli
Merged PRs: #115680
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 1 PR closed without merging
Fix link checked: 19 Sep 2026

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