# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Plugin lifecycle hooks timeout and async execution

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was identified where plugin lifecycle hooks run synchronously on the hot path with no deadline, and related fixes aim to bound hook callback execution to prevent blocking.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #93824. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #93824 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-93824`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.50`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #10048: \[Bug\]: Plugin lifecycle hooks run synchronously on the turn hot path with no deadline

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#93824: fix(hermes_cli): bound plugin hook callbacks without blocking on timeout (#85125 2d, salvage of #76822)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `tests/agent/test_subagent_stop_hook.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugins.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/hooks.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/plugins.md`
- **#39751: fix(plugins): bound lifecycle hook execution on hot paths (#10048)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#93824`, `#85125`, `#76821`, `#10048`
- **#76822: fix(hermes_cli): bound plugin hook callbacks without blocking on timeout**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#93824`, `#85125`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #93824 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-27`.
- Subsystem: `agent`