# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Orphan reaper unsafe force-removal of live containers

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a race condition where the orphan reaper's forced container removal could kill a container that a sibling process had just restarted. The proposed fix removes the force flag so running containers are left untouched.

## 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 #116723. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116723 (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-116723`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #115697: Orphan reaper's docker rm -f can kill a sibling's live container (exited-snapshot TOCTOU)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116723: fix(docker): the orphan reaper no longer force-removes a container a sibling just restarted (#115697, salvage #115699)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_docker_environment.py`, `tools/environments/docker.py`
- **#115699: fix(docker): drop -f from orphan reaper rm so running containers fail safe**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `e885d9cdc2fa`, `#116723`, `#115697`, `#115699`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116723 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.