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Desktop supervisor recovery latch re-arm bug

NousResearch/hermes-agent · cluster 118680

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #118923. Check it covers your case.

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Known?
Yes. 5 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
Fix event
A fix was merged to main in PR #118923. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
Tracker
The maintainers' tracker marks this unresolved. That is separate from the fix event.
Still open
Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where the desktop supervisor's recovery latch fails to re-arm after a backend process dies before reaching the ready state, leaving the 'Reconnect now' action non-functional. The cluster covers the bug report and multiple fix attempts addressing this pre-ready respawn recovery failure.

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No open issues.

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No open pull requests.

Fixes on record

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  • #118923 fix(desktop): re-arm the recovery latch after a pre-ready respawn failure

    merged to main

    files: apps/desktop/electron/backend-exit-recovery.test.ts, apps/desktop/electron/backend-exit-recovery.ts, apps/desktop/electron/backend-start-failure.test.ts, apps/desktop/electron/backend-start-failure.ts, apps/desktop/electron/main.ts

3 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 2 · merged via another change 1

  • #118683 fix(desktop): recover pre-ready backend exits · done elsewhere → #118680, #118694
  • #118694 fix(desktop): re-arm recovery after pre-ready respawn failure · merged via another change → #118680
  • #121487 fix(desktop): re-arm supervisor recovery after a pre-ready respawn death; make manual reconnect dial · done elsewhere → 88b9d35, 86d18d6, fe32647, #118923, #118680
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#118680[Bug][Desktop/macOS] Backend SIGTERMed pre-ready latches recovery forever — "Reconnect now" is a silent no-op, only full app relaunch restores (2 occurrences)
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  • Link evidence (structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
  • Pairwise link density 0.40: the share of item 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.

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Merged PRs
#118923
Closed issues
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3 PRs closed without merging
Fix link checked
22 Sep 2026

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