From 287ac15efd5018a44686ad0506aacaab29c7f61d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: memosr <memosr_email@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 23:23:44 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix(gateway): write update-pending state atomically to
 prevent corruption

---
 gateway/run.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gateway/run.py b/gateway/run.py
index 37fc3d8f1..c069553aa 100644
--- a/gateway/run.py
+++ b/gateway/run.py
@@ -4872,7 +4872,9 @@ class GatewayRunner:
             "user_id": event.source.user_id,
             "timestamp": datetime.now().isoformat(),
         }
-        pending_path.write_text(json.dumps(pending))
+        _tmp_pending = pending_path.with_suffix(".tmp")
+        _tmp_pending.write_text(json.dumps(pending))
+        _tmp_pending.replace(pending_path)
         exit_code_path.unlink(missing_ok=True)
 
         # Spawn `hermes update` detached so it survives gateway restart.