# NousResearch/hermes-agent · CLI update SIGKILL timing causes PTY/WAL shutdown issues

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where the CLI's update process sends SIGKILL too early during dashboard shutdown, orphaning PTY child processes and triggering WAL-related fatal errors on restart. The work involves adjusting kill timeouts to allow cleaner teardown.

## 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 #112266. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #112266 (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-112266`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #111912: \[Bug\]: FATAL \`DeletedWalGenerationError\` on startup due to premature SIGKILL during update

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#112266: fix(cli): hermes update no longer SIGKILLs a manual dashboard mid-shutdown and orphans its WAL-holding PTY children (#111912, salvage #111916)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/dashboard_procs.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_dashboard_procs_kill_grace.py`
- **#111916: fix(cli): increase dashboard kill timeout to prevent PTY child leaks …**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `f93d33f93f`, `#112266`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #112266 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-16`.