# NousResearch/hermes-agent · API-server worker shutdown and state.db lifecycle fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address a shutdown bug where the API-server worker's lifetime is not properly tracked when its handler is cancelled, leaving state.db open. The changes transfer turn ownership and track worker lifetime to ensure clean shutdown.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #116962. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116962 (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-116962`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #116535: fix(shutdown): track API-server worker lifetime past handler cancellation

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116962: fix(gateway): shutdown keeps state.db open under an API-server worker whose handler was cancelled (#116535, salvage #116540)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/api_server.py`, `gateway/platforms/api_server_runs.py`, `gateway/run_shutdown.py`, `tests/gateway/test_api_server_active_work_drain.py`, `tests/gateway/test_shutdown_cache_cleanup.py`, `tests/gateway/test_shutdown_executor_quiesce.py`
- **#116540: fix(shutdown): track API-server worker lifetime past handler cancellation**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `92b4f1993bdf`, `#116962`, `#116535`, `#116540`
- **#116547: fix(shutdown): transfer API-server turn ownership from handler to worker thread**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `92b4f1993bdf`, `#116962`, `#116535`, `#116540`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116962 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.