# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Phantom turn lease blocks later session turns

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where a turn lease acquired during a primary-socket route could never be \`released\`, causing it to suppress or starve all subsequent holds on that session. The changes address the registration and cleanup of such leases.

## 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 #114986. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114986 (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-114986`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #113795: A turn lease taken while a route rides the primary socket can never be released, and suppresses every later hold on that session

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114986: fix(desktop): a turn on a primary-socket route no longer leaves a phantom lease that starves later turns (#113795, salvage #113798)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway-connection-lifecycle.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway.ts`
- **#113798: fix(desktop): never register a turn lease that nothing can release**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `8bbc02a02a4c`, `#114986`, `#113795`, `#113798`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114986 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.