# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Long-running pre-verify hook timeout improvements

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #119893: \[Feature\]: Support long-running pre_verify shell hooks: honour the hook's own timeout, make the 300 s max configurable, don't drop a second hook's block
- PR #123722: fix(hooks): support long-running pre-verify gates

These members address support for long-running pre_verify shell hooks, including honouring hook-defined timeouts, making the 300-second maximum configurable, and fixing a bug where a second hook's block could be dropped.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #119893: \[Feature\]: Support long-running pre_verify shell hooks: honour the hook's own timeout, make the 300 s max configurable, don't drop a second hook's block

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#119896: fix(hooks): support long-running pre-verify gates**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#123722`, `#119893`
- **#123722: fix(hooks): support long-running pre-verify gates**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `agent/shell_hooks.py`, `cli-config.yaml.example`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins_dispatch.py`, `tests/agent/test_shell_hooks.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugins.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/hooks.md`

## Fix status

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