# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix orphaned WAL holder from wedged TUI processes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where a wedged hosted TUI process could orphan the state.db-wal file, involving fixes to dashboard stop/update behavior and descendant process tree termination. A residual issue notes the problem was only partially narrowed, not fully closed, on the main branch.

## 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 #113819. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113819 (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-113819`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #112631: Residual of #111912: a wedged ui-tui descendant still orphans the WAL holder on main; the merged grace bump narrows the window without closing it

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113819: fix(dashboard): --stop and update no longer orphan a wedged hosted TUI holding state.db-wal (closes remaining atoms of #112631)**. 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`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_orphan_desktop_serve_reap.py`, `website/docs/reference/cli-commands.md`
- **#112642: fix(cli): terminate dashboard descendant trees**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113819 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-17`.