# NousResearch/hermes-agent · TUI gateway prompt-answer race and stall fixes

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #112563: fix(gateway): prevent lost prompt answers and legacy client stalls

A cluster of fixes addressing race conditions and stall scenarios in the TUI gateway, specifically around prompt/approval answer delivery, request settlement atomicity, and legacy client deadline handling.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #113820. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113820 (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-113820`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #112548: Follow-up to #110677: resolve_response/cancel race, old-client full-deadline stall, and a doc misname

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113227: fix(tui_gateway): prompt answers survive a racing cancel or a last-second deadline (#112548, salvage #112559)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tui_gateway/test_protocol.py`, `tui_gateway/server_requests.py`, `website/docs/developer-guide/programmatic-integration.md`
- **#113820: fix(tui_gateway): old app builds no longer stall the agent on clarify/approval (closes remaining atoms of #112548)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/lib/json-rpc-gateway-heartbeat.test.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.generated.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.openrpc.json`, `apps/shared/src/json-rpc-channel.test.ts`, `apps/shared/src/json-rpc-channel.ts`, `tests/tools/test_approval_gateway_wait_late_choice.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_protocol.py`, `tools/approval.py`, `tools/approval_gateway_wait.py`, `tui_gateway/AGENTS.md`, `tui_gateway/contracts/liveness.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_voice.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`, `tui_gateway/server_requests.py`, `tui_gateway/session_transports.py`, `ui-tui/src/__tests__/gatewayClient.test.ts`, `website/docs/developer-guide/programmatic-integration.md`
- **#112559: fix(tui_gateway): make server request settlement atomic**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#113227`, `#113820`, `#112548`
- **#112563: fix(gateway): prevent lost prompt answers and legacy client stalls**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.generated.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.openrpc.json`, `apps/shared/src/json-rpc-gateway.ts`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_compute_host_turn_protocol.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_protocol.py`, `tui_gateway/compute_host.py`, `tui_gateway/compute_host_bridge.py`, `tui_gateway/contracts/liveness.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_voice.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`, `tui_gateway/server_requests.py`, `tui_gateway/transport.py`, `tui_gateway/ws.py`, `ui-tui/src/__tests__/gatewayClient.test.ts`, `ui-tui/src/gatewayClient.ts`, `website/docs/developer-guide/programmatic-integration.md`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113820 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-17`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`