# NousResearch/hermes-agent · browser_exec timeout and process cleanup fixes

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #124704: fix(tools): redirect real-profile agent-browser CLI output to files, not pipes

Multiple fixes targeting browser_exec CLI timeout handling, including killing the correct process group on timeout, redirecting output to files instead of pipes, and bounding leaked tool-activity heartbeats that keep stale sessions pinned in the sidebar.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #106589. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #106589 (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-106589`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.33`: 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

- #106244: \[Bug\]: Wedged browser_exec calls leak tool-activity heartbeats that keep old desktop sessions pinned at "now" in the sidebar

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#106589: fix(tools): browser_exec timeout kills the whole CLI process tree instead of orphaning pipe-holders (#106244, salvage #106265)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_browser_use_cli.py`, `tools/browser_use_cli.py`
- **#106254: fix(browser): kill process group on browser_exec timeout so wedged CLI returns**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `85e423482a5886b8089859f5de71d0f20c7c4e98`, `#106589`, `#106265`
- **#106265: fix(tools): kill the whole browser-use CLI process group on browser_exec timeout**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `85e423482a5886b8089859f5de71d0f20c7c4e98`, `#106589`, `#106244`
- **#106300: fix(tools): bound tool-activity heartbeats and real-profile launch serialization (#106244)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `85e423482a5886b8089859f5de71d0f20c7c4e98`, `#106244`, `#106589`, `#106251`
- **#124704: fix(tools): redirect real-profile agent-browser CLI output to files, not pipes**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_browser_real_profile_no_pipes.py`, `tools/browser_tool_real_profile.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #106589 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-09`.
- Subsystem: `agent`