# NousResearch/hermes-agent · LSP server process leak fix on startup timeout

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where language server processes that exceed their startup time budget are never registered with the reaper, causing large process and memory leaks. The work focuses on ensuring timed-out servers are properly killed rather than left running untracked.

## 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 #116799. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116799 (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-116799`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #116065: LSP: language-server process leaks (3.5 GB JVM) when spawn/initialize times out — client never enters the reaper's view

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116799: fix(lsp): a language server whose startup overruns the budget is killed instead of leaking (#116065, salvage #116069)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/lsp/client.py`, `tests/agent/lsp/_mock_lsp_server.py`, `tests/agent/lsp/test_client_e2e.py`
- **#116069: fix(lsp): stop timed-out language servers from leaking memory**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `1e9d402e0768`, `#116799`, `#116065`, `#116069`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116799 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.