# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Orphaned isolated serve backends idle-exit and lock fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address orphaned SSH-isolated serve backends that accumulate without clients, including idle-exit behavior, multi-writer state.db corruption risk, and lock claim handling for orphan reaping.

## 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 #103723. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #103723 (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-103723`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #101626: \[Bug\]: A sleeping laptop silently accumulates orphaned remote \`serve --isolated\` backends — multi-writer \`state.db\` corruption, not just process leak

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#103723: serve: Desktop-over-SSH isolated backends exit on their own when no client is connected (#101626, salvage #101678)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/24758295+StanleyStetson@users.noreply.github.com`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server_idle_exit.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server_idle_exit.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`
- **#101678: fix(serve): idle-exit orphaned SSH-isolated backends and refuse a second writer**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `f77e2a57ed`, `#103723`
- **#101721: fix(serve): withdraw orphan-reap immunity from a disproved lock claim**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `5996d12b14e91d50b8e54b41b791ec542e5e2cc2`, `63279301bcbdc185c1b07b98a9312eb0c862f26d`, `c52455247597374bce97859aee8613d20990a652`, `48a00349bd1c26ad3b71c2ac0fdbfefa5c1e96bb`, `#101626`, `#101678`, `#101721`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #103723 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-05`.