# NousResearch/hermes-agent · A2A orphan watchdog incorrectly marking long-running tasks as failure

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where the A2A orphan-task watchdog uses a hardcoded timeout, causing long-running tasks to be incorrectly marked as \`FAILED\` in the store while still actively executing. The work involves correcting the watchdog logic so live tasks with active waiters are not prematurely marked as \`failed\`.

## 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 #110219. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #110219 (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-110219`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #109238: A2A inbound: orphan-task watchdog hardcodes 300s - long-running tasks marked FAILED in store while still executing

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#110219: A2A: orphan watchdog no longer fails tasks with a live waiter; grace follows A2A_REPLY_TIMEOUT (#106972, #109238, salvage #109249)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/a2a/README.md`, `plugins/platforms/a2a/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/a2a/protocol.py`, `tests/plugins/test_a2a_phase23.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/a2a.md`
- **#109249: fix(a2a): keep long-running tasks from being falsely stored as failed**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `138e426f62f3`, `#110219`, `#107840`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #110219 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-13`.