# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway shutdown kill runs off asyncio event loop

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes concern a bug where the gateway shutdown process calls subprocess kill operations synchronously on the asyncio event loop, with related attempts to move that work off the event loop.

## 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 #116711. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116711 (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-116711`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #116327: \[Bug\]: gateway/run_shutdown.py calls process_registry.kill_all() synchronously on the asyncio event loop

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116711: fix(gateway): shutdown tool-subprocess kill sweep runs off the event loop (#116327, salvage #116341)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `gateway/run_shutdown.py`, `tests/gateway/test_shutdown_kill_off_loop.py`
- **#116341: fix(gateway): run shutdown tool-subprocess kill off the event loop**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `7c4d2a812ed6`, `#116711`, `#116327`, `#116341`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116711 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.