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Non-dict JSON causing scan/drain wedge fixes

NousResearch/hermes-agent · cluster 114240

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #114759. Check it covers your case.

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These issues and PRs address a bug where valid but non-dictionary JSON in state files or receipts causes directory scans and drain processes to become stuck. The fixes add shape validation to ensure parsed JSON is rejected unless it is a record/dict/object type.

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  • #114759 fix(cron,tools): a parseable non-dict JSON state file no longer wedges the Bot Chat drain or its 8 sibling scans (#114240, salvage #114241)

    merged to main

    files: batch_runner.py, cron/bot_chat_delivery.py, gateway/shutdown_flush.py, hermes_cli/local_runtime/binaries.py, plugins/platforms/a2a/protocol.py, tests/cron/test_bot_chat_pending.py, tests/gateway/test_shutdown_flush.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_local_runtime.py, tests/plugins/test_a2a_plugin.py, tests/test_batch_runner_discard_resume.py, tests/test_trajectory_compressor_async.py, tests/tools/test_bot_live_owner_delivery.py, tests/tools/test_bot_relay.py, tests/tools/test_browser_lightpanda.py, tests/tools/test_write_approval.py, tests/tui_gateway/test_spawn_tree_records.py, tools/bot_live_delivery.py, tools/bot_relay.py, tools/browser_lightpanda.py, tools/write_approval.py (+2 more)

4 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: duplicate 3 · merged via another change 1

  • #114241 fix(queue-state): parseable non-dict JSON no longer wedges scans and drains · merged via another change → 1c12128, #114759, #114240, #114241
  • #114354 fix(agent): reject non-record JSON at parse boundaries · duplicate → #114241
  • #114407 fix: validate dict shape on JSON receipt and state scans (#114240) · duplicate → #114241
  • #114451 fix: parse JSON receipts as objects so directory scans cannot wedge · duplicate → #114241
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#114240A parseable non-dict JSON receipt wedges the deferred Bot Chat drain (and 14 sibling scans)
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18 Sep 2026

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