# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Generic tool deadline cutting terminal and process-wait at 420s

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #117906: \`terminal\` and \`process_manage action=wait\` are cut at 420s by the generic tool deadline, and the partial output is discarded
- PR #117907: fix(agent): generic tool deadline no longer clips a tool's own timeout (#117906)
- PR #137243: Long terminal commands and process waits are no longer cut at 420 s with no output (salvage #117907)

These members concern the generic tool deadline interrupting \`terminal\` and \`process_manage action=wait\` at 420 seconds, with partial output discarded. One member reports the problem, and the other two appear to be related pull requests aimed at preventing the generic deadline from clipping a tool's own timeout.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #117906: \`terminal\` and \`process_manage action=wait\` are cut at 420s by the generic tool deadline, and the partial output is discarded

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117907: fix(agent): generic tool deadline no longer clips a tool's own timeout (#117906)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `agent/tool_executor.py`, `tests/agent/test_tool_deadline_declared_floor.py`, `tools/process_registry.py`, `tools/process_registry_wait.py`, `tools/registry.py`, `tools/terminal_tool.py`
- **#137243: Long terminal commands and process waits are no longer cut at 420 s with no output (salvage #117907)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `97ebd6327476383d15556833aa2eb9154570b3e7`
  - files: `agent/tool_executor.py`, `tests/agent/test_tool_deadline_declared_floor.py`, `tools/process_registry.py`, `tools/process_registry_wait.py`, `tools/registry.py`, `tools/terminal_tool.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`

## Fix status

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