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Gateway restart orphans background processes and delegations

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3 open items. Fix merged in #1481. Check it covers your case.

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3 issues and 0 PRs.

Multiple issues and fixes address how hermes-gateway loses track of in-flight delegated subagents and background processes when it restarts or shuts down. Work spans SQLite persistence for delegation state, subagent cancellation on shutdown, and related recovery improvements.

Open issues3

  • Issue#16946feat: persistent history for background tasks (finished tasks archive)
  • Issue#31980Background terminal processes lose tracking after gateway restart
  • Issue#48864fix(shadow_clone): persist in-flight delegation tracking to SQLite — survive gateway restarts

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Fixes on record

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  • #1481 fix: make hermes update respect branch upstream

    merged to main

    files: gateway/run.py, tools/terminal_tool.py

6 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: closed without comment 1 · done elsewhere 1 · merged via another change 1 · stale or abandoned 1 · superseded by another PR 1 · won't fix / by design 1

  • #1146 Fix Telegram topic routing for background process updates · merged via another change → #1481
  • #26330 fix(gateway): interrupt delegated subagents on shutdown · closed without comment
  • #26333 fix(gateway): cancel in-flight delegate subagents during shutdown/restart · superseded by another PR → #26330
  • #26345 fix(gateway): cancel delegate subagents on shutdown to prevent orphaning · won't fix / by design → #26345, #26315, #26358, #26330, #26333
  • #26358 fix(gateway): force-release HTTP clients on shutdown to unstick orphaned subagents · stale or abandoned
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  • #46475 feat: async shadow clone delegation (background=True) + SQLite persistence · done elsewhere → a879cca
Closed issues · 3
  • Closed#1144Background processes are lost when hermes-gateway restarts
  • Closed#26315[Bug]: Gateway restart orphans in-flight delegate subagents — 12+ min timeout
  • Closed#48906feat(delegation): shadow_clone SQLite persistence — in-flight tracking survives gateway restart
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