# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Release registry lock before disk IO on completion

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #108327: fix(gateway): process_registry._move_to_finished holds lock during disk IO blocking event loop
- PR #108334: fix(gateway): avoid process registry lock during result persistence
- PR #123901: fix(gateway,tools): release process_registry lock before persisting completion receipt (#108327)

These items address a concurrency issue where the process registry lock was held during disk IO while persisting finished-process receipts, potentially blocking the event loop. The changes move persistence operations to occur outside the lock.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #108327: fix(gateway): process_registry._move_to_finished holds lock during disk IO blocking event loop

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#108334: fix(gateway): avoid process registry lock during result persistence**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `c3a41bb65451c8c24d5bbe189ae11c65d2a34a4b`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_process_registry.py`, `tools/process_registry.py`
- **#108337: fix(process_registry): persist the finished-process receipt outside the registry lock**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#108334`, `#108334`, `#108327`, `#108334`
- **#123901: fix(gateway,tools): release process_registry lock before persisting completion receipt (#108327)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_process_registry.py`, `tools/process_registry.py`

## Fix status

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