# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix poisoned local browser session recycling on failure

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address a bug where a local browser session becomes poisoned after agent-browser protocol failures and is not recovered. The fix introduces recycling and retry behavior instead of leaving the session in a broken state.

## 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 #117039. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #117039 (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-117039`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #115184: browser-use local backend stays poisoned after agent-browser code 101

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117039: fix(browser): a stale local agent-browser session recycles and retries instead of staying poisoned (#115184, salvage #115206)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_browser_suspect_recycle.py`, `tools/browser_tool_session.py`
- **#115206: fix(browser): recycle a poisoned local session after protocol-level agent-browser failures**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `73c4dc151dd7`, `#117039`, `#115184`, `#115206`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #117039 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.