# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Idle model unload broken by telemetry probe errors

## Open now

- 0 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #111161: fix(local-runtime): unload idle models despite transient telemetry failures
- PR #111167: fix(local_runtime): keep the idle clock across failed telemetry probes

A bug where transient telemetry probe errors reset or stall the idle clock, preventing idle models from being unloaded. Multiple fixes address keeping the idle clock intact across such failures.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #111347. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #111347 (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-111347`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #111154: \[Bug\] local_runtime: idle-unload sweep silently never fires — 21 GB model stayed resident ~5 h after last request; is_idle() errors and stuck slots reset the idle clock

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#111347: fix(local-runtime): idle models unload despite transient telemetry probe errors (#111154, salvage #111167)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/local_runtime/supervisor.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_local_runtime.py`
- **#111161: fix(local-runtime): unload idle models despite transient telemetry failures**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `b83ee209d935e3cbad2083aca17c78823c08b1d4`, `#111167`, `#111161`, `#111347`
  - files: `hermes_cli/local_runtime/supervisor.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_local_runtime.py`
- **#111167: fix(local_runtime): keep the idle clock across failed telemetry probes**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#111161`, `#111154`
  - files: `hermes_cli/local_runtime/supervisor.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_local_runtime.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #111347 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-15`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`