# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bound redirect/rebuild restart refunds to prevent lease hangs

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where unbounded redirect or rebuilt restart refunds could cause a session turn lease to be held indefinitely, and introduce a fix to cap those refunds so a runaway turn cannot spin forever.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #106575. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #106575 (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-106575`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #106108: Bug: unbounded redirect/rebuilt restart refunds can hold a session turn lease indefinitely

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#106575: Turn no longer spins forever when every request is cancelled by a redirect or failover (#106108, salvage #106110)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `agent/turn_explainers.py`, `agent/turn_iteration_prep.py`, `contributors/emails/311904754+yoyodine-industries@users.noreply.github.com`, `tests/agent/test_turn_iteration_prep.py`
- **#106110: fix(agent): bound redirect/rebuilt restart refunds so a runaway turn can't hold the session lease**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `69c999f8a7`, `#106575`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #106575 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-09`.