# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Agent streaming stall and reconnect fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where agent-sized context causes streaming to hang, and related fixes to handle stale-killed streams by unwinding and reconnecting rather than looping until timeout.

## 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 #111625. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #111625 (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-111625`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #110769: \[Bug\]: Streaming still hangs on agent-sized context after update to upstream main (5eb99eb2) — reopening #29418

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#111625: fix(agent): a stale-killed stream unwinds its reader and reconnects instead of looping until the provider times out (#110769, salvage #110924)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`, `agent/chat_completion_helpers.py`, `agent/codex_runtime.py`, `tests/agent/test_stream_stale_kill_unwedge.py`
- **#110924: fix(agent): unwedge a stale-killed stream and reconnect instead of looping**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `b82c79ac50`, `#111625`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #111625 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-15`.