# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix leaked threads from timed-out context-file reads

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #102575: \[Bug\]: Timed-out context-file reads leak one daemon thread per attempt
- PR #102579: fix(prompt): cap concurrent stuck context-file reader threads
- PR #102753: fix(agent): use bounded ThreadPoolExecutor for context-file reads (#102575)

These items address a bug where timed-out context-file read operations leak daemon threads, and introduce a bounded ThreadPoolExecutor to cap concurrent reader threads.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #102575: \[Bug\]: Timed-out context-file reads leak one daemon thread per attempt

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#102579: fix(prompt): cap concurrent stuck context-file reader threads**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#102579`
  - files: `agent/prompt_builder.py`, `tests/agent/test_prompt_builder.py`
- **#102753: fix(agent): use bounded ThreadPoolExecutor for context-file reads (#102575)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/prompt_builder.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`