# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Shell hook process cleanup on Ctrl+C interrupt

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a bug where pressing Ctrl+C during a shell hook leaves the hook process tree running instead of terminating it. The work involves reaping the full hook process tree when the spawn is interrupted.

## 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 #109152. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #109152 (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-109152`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #108624: shell hooks: Ctrl+C while a hook is running leaves the hook process running (follow-up to #84901)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#109152: fix(hooks): Ctrl+C during a shell hook reaps the hook process tree (salvage #108625)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/shell_hooks.py`, `tests/agent/test_shell_hooks_tree_kill.py`
- **#108625: fix(hooks): reap the hook process tree when _spawn is interrupted**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `761fa5d497`, `#109152`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #109152 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-12`.