diff --git a/hermes_cli/profiles.py b/hermes_cli/profiles.py
index 490077884e5f..aa9c88c35f5b 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/profiles.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/profiles.py
@@ -615,10 +615,41 @@ def _check_gateway_running(profile_dir: Path) -> bool:
     """Check if a gateway is running for a given profile directory."""
     try:
         from gateway.status import get_running_pid
-        return get_running_pid(profile_dir / "gateway.pid", cleanup_stale=False) is not None
+
+        if get_running_pid(profile_dir / "gateway.pid", cleanup_stale=False) is not None:
+            return True
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+    return _gateway_runtime_snapshot_running_for_profile(profile_dir)
+
+
+def _gateway_runtime_snapshot_running_for_profile(profile_dir: Path) -> bool:
+    """Return supervisor/process liveness for ``profile_dir``.
+
+    ``profile list`` historically trusted only ``<profile>/gateway.pid``.  On
+    supervised installs (launchd/systemd/s6), the service can be alive even when
+    that compatibility PID file is absent; ``hermes status --all`` already uses
+    the richer runtime snapshot.  Reuse that path under a context-local
+    HERMES_HOME override so every profile is checked against its own service
+    label/process filter without mutating global environment state.
+    """
+    try:
+        from hermes_constants import (
+            reset_hermes_home_override,
+            set_hermes_home_override,
+        )
+        from hermes_cli.gateway import get_gateway_runtime_snapshot
     except Exception:
         return False
 
+    token = set_hermes_home_override(profile_dir)
+    try:
+        return bool(get_gateway_runtime_snapshot().running)
+    except Exception:
+        return False
+    finally:
+        reset_hermes_home_override(token)
+
 
 def _count_skills(profile_dir: Path) -> int:
     """Count installed skills in a profile."""
diff --git a/tests/hermes_cli/test_profiles.py b/tests/hermes_cli/test_profiles.py
index 59afe84e5633..33d311a07653 100644
--- a/tests/hermes_cli/test_profiles.py
+++ b/tests/hermes_cli/test_profiles.py
@@ -1414,7 +1414,11 @@ def test_create_profile_returns_correct_path(self, profile_env):
         assert result == expected
 
     def test_list_profiles_default_info_fields(self, profile_env):
-        profiles = list_profiles()
+        with patch(
+            "hermes_cli.profiles._gateway_runtime_snapshot_running_for_profile",
+            return_value=False,
+        ):
+            profiles = list_profiles()
         default = [p for p in profiles if p.name == "default"][0]
         assert default.is_default is True
         assert default.gateway_running is False
@@ -1426,25 +1430,50 @@ def test_gateway_running_check_with_pid_file(self, profile_env):
         tmp_path = profile_env
         default_home = tmp_path / ".hermes"
 
-        with patch("gateway.status.get_running_pid", return_value=99999) as mock_get_running_pid:
+        with patch("gateway.status.get_running_pid", return_value=99999) as mock_get_running_pid, patch(
+            "hermes_cli.profiles._gateway_runtime_snapshot_running_for_profile",
+            return_value=False,
+        ) as mock_snapshot:
+            assert _check_gateway_running(default_home) is True
+        mock_get_running_pid.assert_called_once_with(
+            default_home / "gateway.pid",
+            cleanup_stale=False,
+        )
+        mock_snapshot.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_gateway_running_check_falls_back_to_runtime_snapshot(self, profile_env):
+        """No PID file can still be running when launchd/systemd supervises it."""
+        from hermes_cli.profiles import _check_gateway_running
+        tmp_path = profile_env
+        default_home = tmp_path / ".hermes"
+
+        with patch("gateway.status.get_running_pid", return_value=None) as mock_get_running_pid, patch(
+            "hermes_cli.profiles._gateway_runtime_snapshot_running_for_profile",
+            return_value=True,
+        ) as mock_snapshot:
             assert _check_gateway_running(default_home) is True
         mock_get_running_pid.assert_called_once_with(
             default_home / "gateway.pid",
             cleanup_stale=False,
         )
+        mock_snapshot.assert_called_once_with(default_home)
 
     def test_gateway_running_check_plain_pid(self, profile_env):
-        """Shared PID validator returning None means the profile is not running."""
+        """No PID file and no runtime snapshot means the profile is not running."""
         from hermes_cli.profiles import _check_gateway_running
         tmp_path = profile_env
         default_home = tmp_path / ".hermes"
 
-        with patch("gateway.status.get_running_pid", return_value=None) as mock_get_running_pid:
+        with patch("gateway.status.get_running_pid", return_value=None) as mock_get_running_pid, patch(
+            "hermes_cli.profiles._gateway_runtime_snapshot_running_for_profile",
+            return_value=False,
+        ) as mock_snapshot:
             assert _check_gateway_running(default_home) is False
         mock_get_running_pid.assert_called_once_with(
             default_home / "gateway.pid",
             cleanup_stale=False,
         )
+        mock_snapshot.assert_called_once_with(default_home)
 
     def test_profile_name_boundary_single_char(self):
         """Single alphanumeric character is valid."""