# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows PTY process tree not fully killed

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #108987: \[Bug\]: process kill reports success while Windows PTY descendants remain running
- PR #108992: fix(process): stop Windows PTY descendants from surviving kill
- PR #124896: fix(tools): reap a Windows PTY kill's whole host tree

These issues and fixes address a bug where killing a Windows PTY process reports success but leaves descendant processes still running. The work focuses on ensuring the entire process tree is reaped on kill.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #108987: \[Bug\]: process kill reports success while Windows PTY descendants remain running

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#108992: fix(process): stop Windows PTY descendants from surviving kill**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#75113`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_process_registry.py`, `tests/tools/test_process_registry_windows_live.py`, `tools/process_registry.py`
- **#124896: fix(tools): reap a Windows PTY kill's whole host tree**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_process_registry.py`, `tools/process_registry.py`

## Fix status

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