# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Add defer-until-idle busy policy for session commands

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #116290: feat(gateway): add defer_until_idle busy policy for session commands
- PR #116545: feat(gateway): defer safe session commands until idle

These items relate to introducing a defer-until-idle busy policy for session commands in the gateway. The policy would allow safe session commands to be deferred until the gateway is idle rather than rejected or executed immediately.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #116290: feat(gateway): add defer_until_idle busy policy for session commands

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116545: feat(gateway): defer safe session commands until idle**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `gateway/run_busy.py`, `hermes_cli/commands.py`, `tests/gateway/test_command_bypass_active_session.py`, `tests/gateway/test_deferred_busy_commands.py`
- **#125345: feat(gateway): add defer_until_idle busy policy for session commands**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `gateway`