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macOS WAL holder scan timeout fix

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1 open item. Fix merged in #126204 on 1 Oct 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items address a macOS-specific issue where scanning for processes holding deleted WAL files via libproc had no deadline, allowing a stuck process on a network share to freeze startup indefinitely. The fix adds a fail-open timeout to bound that scan.

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Open PRs1

  • PR#141007fix(state): read the Darwin fd listing once per process, not once per fd

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  • #126204 fix(state): bound macOS deleted-WAL holder scan with fail-open timeout

    merged to main

    files: hermes_state_dbfile.py, tests/hermes_state/test_state_db_darwin_fd_scan_hang.py

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: superseded by another PR 1

  • #113229 fix(state): bound macOS deleted-WAL holder scan · superseded by another PR → #126204
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#113187macOS: deleted-WAL holder scan (libproc proc_pidfdinfo) has no deadline — one process stuck on a network share freezes Hermes startup indefinitely
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1 Oct 2026

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