# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway restart orphans background processes and delegations

## Open now

- 3 issues, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #16946: feat: persistent history for background tasks (finished tasks archive)
- #31980: Background terminal processes lose tracking after gateway restart
- #48864: fix(shadow_clone): persist in-flight delegation tracking to SQLite — survive gateway restarts

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.

## TL;DR

- 13 member(s): 3 open issue(s), 3 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 6 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #1481. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #1481 (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: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.11`: 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.

## Open related issues

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

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #1144: Background processes are lost when hermes-gateway restarts
- #26315: \[Bug\]: Gateway restart orphans in-flight delegate subagents — 12+ min timeout
- #48906: feat(delegation): shadow_clone SQLite persistence — in-flight tracking survives gateway restart

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#1481: fix: make hermes update respect branch upstream**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `tools/terminal_tool.py`
- **#46475: feat: async shadow clone delegation (background=True) + SQLite persistence**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `a879cca8a`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#1146: Fix Telegram topic routing for background process updates**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#1481`
- **#26330: fix(gateway): interrupt delegated subagents on shutdown**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#26333: fix(gateway): cancel in-flight delegate subagents during shutdown/restart**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#26330`, `#26330`, `#26330`
- **#26345: fix(gateway): cancel delegate subagents on shutdown to prevent orphaning**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`; refs `#26345`, `#26315`, `#26358`, `#26315`, `#26330`, `#26333`, `#26358`, `#26358`, `#26358`, `#26330`, `#26358`, `#26333`
- **#26358: fix(gateway): force-release HTTP clients on shutdown to unstick orphaned subagents**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #1481 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-03-16`. This confirmation is old and may be out of date (a revert/reopen would not have invalidated it here); re-verify.
- Subsystem: `agent`