# NousResearch/hermes-agent · TUI RPC stdin inheritance by child processes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where auto-launched child processes could inherit the TUI gateway's RPC stdin socket and silently consume JSON-RPC bytes. The work covers the bug report and related fixes to prevent that inheritance.

## 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 #113223. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113223 (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-113223`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #112818: \[Bug\]: Auto-launched child processes can inherit the TUI gateway's RPC stdin socketpair and silently eat JSON-RPC bytes

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113223: fix(tui): stdio gateway keeps its RPC stdin away from child processes and survives inline handler crashes (#112818, #112816, salvage #112823, #112822)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tui_gateway/test_entry_inline_handler_error.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_entry_rpc_stdin_cloexec.py`, `tui_gateway/entry.py`
- **#112823: fix(tui): prevent RPC stdin inheritance**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#113223`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113223 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-17`.