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Plugin guard hang behavior and fail-closed policy

Cluster 105223. Data as of 2026-10-25 11:21 UTC

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #118844 on 22 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items concern how plugin hook guards (particularly pre_tool_call and pre_gateway_dispatch) behave when a callback hangs or raises, including fail-closed semantics, blocking precedence rules, and recovery from a permanently stuck 'still running' state.

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#118844 Plugin hook policy: hung or raising guards fail closed without wedging, block outranks approve, shell approve reaches the gate, async pre_gateway_dispatch awaited (#105223 #109624 #87420 #92553 #105827 #110241)

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files: agent/shell_hooks.py, gateway/run_inbound.py, hermes_cli/lifecycle.py, hermes_cli/middleware.py, hermes_cli/plugins.py, hermes_cli/plugins_dispatch.py, tests/agent/test_shell_hooks.py, tests/gateway/test_bot_loop_guard.py, tests/gateway/test_pre_gateway_dispatch.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_plugins.py, website/docs/user-guide/features/hooks.md

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From the close comments: done elsewhere 1

#105241 fix(plugins): recover tool calls after a hung policy guard · done elsewhere → 75e9567, #118844

Closed issues · 1

Closed#105223pre_tool_call: a hung guard callback permanently fails closed — all subsequent tool calls blocked until process restart ('still running' key has no expiry)

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Merged PRs: #118844
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 1 PR closed without merging
Fix link checked: 22 Sep 2026

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