# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Dashboard chat PTY/WebSocket keepalive and WebGL fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address dashboard chat connections being dropped by proxies and xterm WebGL contexts being exhausted on reconnect. The work involves keeping PTY sockets alive, pausing reconnects in hidden tabs, and releasing WebGL contexts properly.

## 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 #112306. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #112306 (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-112306`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #111909: Dashboard /chat reconnect storm: idle websockets closed by proxy (1001) + xterm WebGL context exhaustion

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#112306: fix(web): dashboard chat keeps its PTY socket alive, pauses hidden-tab reconnects and releases WebGL contexts on reconnect (#111909, salvage #111918)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `web/src/lib/pty-reconnect.ts`, `web/src/lib/xterm-webgl-release.test.ts`, `web/src/lib/xterm-webgl-release.ts`, `web/src/pages/ChatPage.test.tsx`, `web/src/pages/ChatPage.tsx`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/web-dashboard.md`
- **#111918: fix(web): keep dashboard chat PTY connections alive**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `0f38867a1b`, `#112306`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #112306 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-16`.