# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix stuck manual-serve rows with unreadable create_time

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where a pending manual-serve reminder cannot be discharged when its create_time is unreadable, because the discharge condition requires a readable /proc entry. The fix allows discharge when the associated PID is provably dead, regardless of create_time readability.

## 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 #116716. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116716 (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-116716`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #116507: defer_manual_serve can never discharge a reminder whose create_time is None (unreadable /proc -> immortal pending_manual_serves row)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116716: fix(update): a manual-serve reminder with no readable create_time is discharged once its pid is provably dead (#116507, salvage #116515)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/update_serve_obligations.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_manual_serve_deferral.py`
- **#116515: fix(update): discharge an unreadable-create_time manual-serve row once its pid is provably dead**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `b5251aa44c74`, `#116716`, `#116507`, `#116515`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116716 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.