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macOS deleted-WAL holder detection via libproc

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #110544 on 14 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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0open PRs
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Known?
Yes. 4 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
Fix event
A fix was merged to main in PR #110544. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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These issues and PRs concern a bug where the check for processes holding a deleted WAL sidecar file was Linux-only and silently did nothing on macOS, allowing a gateway restart to create a replacement WAL under a live writer. The work involves implementing the holder enumeration on macOS using libproc.

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No open issues.

Open PRs0

No open pull requests.

Fixes on record

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  • #110544 state.db WAL survives sibling closes and stray lock cancellation on every runtime (Desktop chat dies after update; salvage #109758)

    merged to main

    files: hermes_state.py, hermes_state_dbfile.py, hermes_state_lockguard.py, tests/hermes_state/test_deleted_wal_generation_guard.py, tests/hermes_state/test_wal_lock_guard.py

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 2

  • #109758 fix(state): enumerate deleted-WAL sidecar holders on macOS via libproc · done elsewhere → 68b10bb, #110544, #109641
  • #110023 fix(state): deleted-WAL sidecar holders are enumerated on macOS (#109641, salvage #109758) · done elsewhere → 68b10bb, #110544, #109758
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#109641[Bug] macOS: the deleted-WAL pre-connect refusal is a no-op (holder scan is Linux-only) — a gateway restart mints a replacement WAL under a live CLI writer (16 halts, 4.2 GB captured in 13 min)
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  • Pairwise link density 0.50: the share of item 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.

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Merged PRs
#110544
Closed issues
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2 PRs closed without merging
Fix link checked
14 Sep 2026

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