Hermes merged 50 PRs on October 15 The ones worth knowing: • Fresh installs now land on the latest stable release instead of whatever is on main's tip • hermes update stops refusing the stable channel when git is slow to find the new release • /loop now shows a live countdown to the next wakeup on CLI, TUI and Desktop • Discord and Telegram background completions finally reach the agent instead of requeueing forever • /retry from messaging platforms works again on multi-profile gateways • Desktop no longer hangs on macOS when your home path's letter case differs • Windows Desktop attaches to a Scheduled-Task gateway again, and update checks work without Git for Windows • 1Password browser logins fill again under a service account • The shared gateway now honours allowlist removals and the plugin gate • Plugins using a newer manifest key install on older Hermes releases with a warning instead of failing • The official REA reverse-engineering plugin is now in the catalog • 27 race, coarse-timestamp and lost-update bugs squashed in one pass Here is the full list: DESKTOP IMPROVEMENTS (8 PRs) • Desktop update check works on Windows installs without Git for Windows • Desktop: hidden tabs stop re-rendering the heartbeat and loop countdowns • /loop shows a live countdown to the next wakeup on CLI, TUI and Desktop • Windows Desktop attaches to a Scheduled-Task gateway again • Desktop no longer hangs on macOS when the home path's letter case differs • fix(gateway): wire the desktop window bridges for local-viewer turns • fix(gateway): route the Ink and Desktop requests the shared gateway refused • fix(desktop): resolve PM-managed Git for source checks DEVELOPER TOOLS & PLUGINS (15 PRs) • fix(solstice): offer Gemini 4 Argon • fix(install): new installs land on the latest stable release, not main's tip • Plugins using a newer Hermes manifest key install on older releases with a warning instead of failing • REA plugin installs on Hermes v0.22.2 again (catalog re-pin) • Catalog: add the official REA reverse-engineering plugin • Docs search monitor no longer cries wolf when only its own cached copy is stale • hermes update no longer refuses the stable channel when git is slow to find the unfetched release • Stable releases start the Windows bundle without waiting for the arm64 smoke (~12 min faster) • fix(cli): leave the profile-default toolsets to the gateway on session.create • fix(acp): gateway owns each session's editor MCP servers and hermes acp flags • fix(cli): carry classic CLI launch flags and the worktree note into the gateway session • fix(cli): route /model, /refine, /review and /moa through the gateway session • fix(cli): answer gateway-owned state from the gateway in classic CLI commands • fix(acp): restore session metadata, commands and usage on GatewayACPAgent • ci: run everything on blacksmith.sh runners SECURITY & SECRETS (3 PRs) • 1Password browser logins fill again under a service account • fix(security): honour allowlist removals and the plugin gate on the shared gateway • fix(windows): stop sandboxed Hermes homes from writing the real User PATH INTEGRATIONS & CHAT (9 PRs) • fix(gateway): Discord/Telegram background completions reach the agent instead of requeueing forever • /retry from messaging platforms works again on multi-profile gateways • Plugin-rewritten messages are no longer refused on multi-profile gateways • fix(gateway): admit media-less posts, name native refusals, run admitted turns through startup restore • fix(gateway): finite Kanban card turns, off-loop heartbeat write, no foreign-ABI venv overlay • fix(gateway): name the member on every hosted room submit • fix(gateway): refuse a hosted room file on a route that cannot carry it • Browser keeps working with the real-profile setting on: cookies-only copy, fresh-browser fallback • fix(gateway): log why a watch notification was not admitted STABILITY & FIXES (15 PRs) • fix: 14 tests failing on main outside CI • Bot mailbox drain-deferral test no longer flakes under CI load • fix(gateway): name every session.create refusal; an explicit -t may name an offline MCP server • fix(cron): find unified-runtime cron runs by their scheduler admission • fix(gateway): report a served profile's adapters from the multiplexer record • fix: 27 race / coarse-timestamp / lost-update bugs • fix: config watcher and config backups race conditions • fix(agent): auxiliary Relay calls decode as chat completions • fix(gateway): a following session drops the coding posture when its profile leaves focus • fix(gateway): the gateway picks the coding toolsets, decided once per session • test: keep the live-system guard from letting tests restart a real hermes-dashboard • fix(gateway): recognise a gateway started by the bundled/Docker bin/hermes launcher • fix(gateway): run session-end lifecycle on the owner when the last viewer closes • fix(gateway): resolve local paths against the session's folder, not the daemon's • fix(gateway): bring the gateway and its local clients back cleanly after a restart 50 new features and fixes xitter.cf/iamlukethedev/status/2…