# NousResearch/hermes-agent · WebSocket heartbeat timing fixes for busy backends

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues address cases where WebSocket heartbeat or ping handling fails when backend dispatch is blocked or busy, and align heartbeat intervals to avoid deadline violations during long operations like context compaction.

## 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 #126983. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #126983 (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-126983`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #108325: fix(desktop): 45s WebSocket heartbeat deadline kills a *busy* backend during long context compaction

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#126983: fix(tui-gateway): answer gateway.ping while a WS handler blocks dispatch**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tui_gateway/test_tui_gateway_ws.py`, `tui_gateway/ws.py`
- **#108427: fix(desktop): align compression activity heartbeat interval under websocket deadline (#108325)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #126983 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-28`.