# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Delegation session lock and CPU spin fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #109749: \[Bug\]: sync delegation inside a one-shot Bot-Chat DM turn never resolves after the subagent completes — session lease held forever, 100% CPU spin

These items address bugs where a delegated subagent completing or stalling could leave a session lease held indefinitely, causing an infinite CPU spin or a one-shot Bot Chat turn that never resolves.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 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 #113422. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113422 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #109749: \[Bug\]: sync delegation inside a one-shot Bot-Chat DM turn never resolves after the subagent completes — session lease held forever, 100% CPU spin

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113422: fix(bot-mode): a stalled subagent no longer locks a one-shot Bot Chat turn forever (#109749, salvage #109762, #113275)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_delegate_stale_wait_release.py`, `tools/delegate_tool.py`, `tools/delegate_tool_child_run.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/delegation.md`
- **#109762: fix(delegation): release finite chat when a child stops progressing**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `bfa56a3be87e`, `#113422`, `#10974`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113422 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-16`.
- Subsystem: `agent`