# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix process completion notifications during active turns

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where background process completion notifications are suppressed or delayed when the launching agent turn is still running. The fix ensures completions are delivered to the chat even before the turn ends.

## 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 #112287. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #112287 (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-112287`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #112033: \[Bug\]: notify_on_complete delivers nothing while the launching turn is still active: the watcher arms only at agent:end and the agent_notify branch suppresses the user-facing notification

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#112287: fix(gateway): background process completions reach the chat while the launching turn is still running (#112033, salvage #112038)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/AGENTS.md`, `gateway/run_notifications.py`, `tests/gateway/test_background_process_notifications.py`, `tests/tools/test_terminal_watcher_arming.py`, `tools/terminal_tool_background.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/index.md`
- **#112038: fix(gateway): deliver active-turn process completions**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `92d861c1f8`, `#112287`, `#94455`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #112287 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-16`.