# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Orphan-serve reaper process identification bug fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #107631: \[Bug\]: orphan-serve reaper identifies processes by argv substring and can SIGKILL a non-serve process (#90778 sibling consumer)
- PR #107590: fix(cli): the orphan-serve reaper still identifies processes by argv substring (#90778 sibling)

These items address a bug where the orphan-serve reaper identifies processes by argv substring matching, which risks sending SIGKILL to unintended non-serve processes. The fixes move toward token-based subcommand detection as a safer alternative.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #107631: \[Bug\]: orphan-serve reaper identifies processes by argv substring and can SIGKILL a non-serve process (#90778 sibling consumer)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#107590: fix(cli): the orphan-serve reaper still identifies processes by argv substring (#90778 sibling)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#107631`, `#91869`
  - files: `hermes_cli/dashboard_procs.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_orphan_desktop_serve_reap.py`
- **#107968: fix(dashboard): use token-based subcommand detection in orphan-serve reaper**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#107590`, `#107631`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`