# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows OpenSSH ssh -G stdin hang fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #118983: Desktop SSH: execFile('ssh -G') hangs on Windows OpenSSH when stdin is ended — connect loop never completes
- PR #118989: fix(desktop): keep SSH config probe stdin open
- PR #119004: fix(desktop): execText probes on spawn — execFile's ended stdin wedges Windows OpenSSH ssh -G

A bug where closing stdin causes the SSH config probe command to hang indefinitely on Windows OpenSSH, preventing the connection loop from completing. The members cover the issue report and two related fix attempts addressing how stdin is handled during SSH config probing.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #118983: Desktop SSH: execFile('ssh -G') hangs on Windows OpenSSH when stdin is ended — connect loop never completes

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#118989: fix(desktop): keep SSH config probe stdin open**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/backend-claim-exec-text.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/backend-claim.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`
- **#119004: fix(desktop): execText probes on spawn — execFile's ended stdin wedges Windows OpenSSH ssh -G**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/backend-claim.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/backend-claim.ts`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`