# NousResearch/hermes-agent · TUI gateway orphan-reap interrupt flag not cleared on reattach

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests concern a bug in the TUI gateway where an orphan-reap interrupt sentinel is not cleared when a session re-attaches, causing subsequent operations to receive 4009 errors until the idle reap runs. The members focus on identifying and fixing this flag-clearing behavior.

## 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 #104924. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #104924 (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-104924`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #104160: TUI gateway: orphan-reap interrupt flag never cleared when another writer un-detaches the session → every resume/activate/prompt.submit gets 4009 until idle reap

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#104924: fix(tui-gateway): reconnect after abandoned orphan interrupts (salvage #104186)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `evals/liveness/ws_orphan_reconnect.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_ws_orphan_races.py`, `tui_gateway/session_lifecycle.py`
- **#104186: fix(tui-gateway): unblock sessions after orphan interrupt settlement**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `2019c0a60f`, `#104924`
- **#104189: fix(tui_gateway): clear the orphan-reap interrupt sentinel when the session re-attaches (#104160)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#104924`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #104924 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-07`.