# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Delegate batch interrupt hang fix for wedged children

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where interrupting a parallel delegate batch causes a hang when a child worker is wedged, and the associated fixes to avoid joining wedged workers on the interrupt path.

## 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 #116704. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116704 (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-116704`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #116435: \[Bug\]: Interrupt of a parallel delegate batch hangs on the executor join when a child is wedged

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116704: fix(tools): interrupting a delegate batch no longer hangs on a wedged child (#116435, salvage #116436)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_delegate_parallel_interrupt_join.py`, `tools/delegate_tool_dispatch.py`
- **#116436: fix(tools): do not join wedged delegate workers on the interrupt path**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `49ed79bd542d`, `#116704`, `#116435`, `#116436`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116704 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.