diff --git a/gateway/run.py b/gateway/run.py
index ff82fe43582..897cb85f652 100644
--- a/gateway/run.py
+++ b/gateway/run.py
@@ -4338,12 +4338,20 @@ class GatewayRunner(GatewayAuthorizationMixin, GatewayKanbanWatchersMixin, Gatew
             f"while kill -0 {current_pid} 2>/dev/null; do sleep 0.2; done; "
             f"{cmd} gateway restart"
         )
+        # Same marker scrub as the Windows watcher above: this watcher runs
+        # `hermes gateway restart` from outside the gateway, but it inherits
+        # _HERMES_GATEWAY=1 from us, and the CLI's self-restart loop guard
+        # refuses to run when that marker is set — silently (DEVNULL), so the
+        # gateway stops and never comes back.
+        watcher_env = os.environ.copy()
+        watcher_env.pop("_HERMES_GATEWAY", None)
         setsid_bin = shutil.which("setsid")
         if setsid_bin:
             subprocess.Popen(
                 [setsid_bin, "bash", "-lc", shell_cmd],
                 stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
                 stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+                env=watcher_env,
                 start_new_session=True,
             )
         else:
@@ -4351,6 +4359,7 @@ class GatewayRunner(GatewayAuthorizationMixin, GatewayKanbanWatchersMixin, Gatew
                 ["bash", "-lc", shell_cmd],
                 stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
                 stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+                env=watcher_env,
                 start_new_session=True,
             )
 
diff --git a/scripts/release.py b/scripts/release.py
index 16b8bd7cdb8..ff4f4bc6da7 100755
--- a/scripts/release.py
+++ b/scripts/release.py
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ AUTHOR_MAP = {
     "129007007+HeLLGURD@users.noreply.github.com": "HeLLGURD",
     "290859878+synapsesx@users.noreply.github.com": "synapsesx",
     "dirtyren@users.noreply.github.com": "dirtyren",
+    "470766206@qq.com": "youjunxiaji",
     "mharris@parallel.ai": "NormallyGaussian",
     "roger@roger.local": "mollusk",
     "ted.malone@outlook.com": "temalo",
diff --git a/tests/gateway/test_restart_drain.py b/tests/gateway/test_restart_drain.py
index 32710fdb897..15b948a4f79 100644
--- a/tests/gateway/test_restart_drain.py
+++ b/tests/gateway/test_restart_drain.py
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ async def test_launch_detached_restart_command_uses_setsid(monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.setattr(gateway_run.sys, "platform", "linux")
     monkeypatch.setattr(gateway_run, "_resolve_hermes_bin", lambda: ["/usr/bin/hermes"])
     monkeypatch.setattr(gateway_run.os, "getpid", lambda: 321)
+    monkeypatch.setenv("_HERMES_GATEWAY", "1")
     monkeypatch.setattr(shutil, "which", lambda cmd: "/usr/bin/setsid" if cmd == "setsid" else None)
 
     def fake_popen(cmd, **kwargs):
@@ -218,6 +219,9 @@ async def test_launch_detached_restart_command_uses_setsid(monkeypatch):
     assert kwargs["start_new_session"] is True
     assert kwargs["stdout"] is subprocess.DEVNULL
     assert kwargs["stderr"] is subprocess.DEVNULL
+    # The watcher must NOT inherit the gateway marker, or the CLI's
+    # self-restart loop guard refuses to run `hermes gateway restart`.
+    assert kwargs["env"].get("_HERMES_GATEWAY") is None
 
 
 def test_windows_gateway_venv_imports_add_site_packages(monkeypatch, tmp_path):