# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Session lease recovery from dead or detached owners

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Multiple fixes and a related bug report addressing scenarios where sessions become permanently locked by stale or orphaned ownership leases after a runtime, lane, or desktop session tears down. The work focuses on reclaiming those leases so sessions can be reused without manual intervention.

## TL;DR

- 7 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 4 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #104857. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #104857 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.29`: 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

- #104691: \[Bug\]: zombie session lease on a torn-down lane locks a session permanently ("already has a live owner")

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#104857: fix(desktop): recover abandoned sessions without breaking live ownership**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `evals/desktop_bug_campaign/leases_live.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_protocol.py`, `tui_gateway/session_reaper.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`
- **#113947: fix(tui_gateway): a chat restored under a new runtime no longer stays SESSION_NOT_OWNED behind its own detached lease (#104691)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `tests/tui_gateway/test_cross_process_orphan_ownership.py`, `tui_gateway/session_lifecycle.py`
- **#104704: fix(sessions): recover detached desktop chats from permanent owner lock**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `18955c35b552e6c42130dc873c1a2a2c83561121`, `#104857`
- **#104737: fix(sessions): reclaim resident leases from dead lanes (carry-forward #104710)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#104710`, `#104710`, `#104691`
- **#105510: fix(sessions): reclaim resident leases from dead lanes**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#104691`, `#104710`, `#104737`, `#104857`, `#104710`, `#104857`
- **#105540: fix(sessions): reclaim resident leases from dead lanes**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `18955c35b5`, `#104710`, `#104857`, `#113947`, `#104710`, `#104737`, `#105510`, `#105540`, `#104691`, `#113947`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #104857 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-17`.