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Shell hook prompt blocking asyncio event loop fix

NousResearch/hermes-agent · cluster 120356 · agent

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A bug where the shell hook approval prompt calls input() on the asyncio event loop thread causes freezes and gateway self-termination, with accompanying fixes to avoid blocking the event loop during consent prompts.

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  • #140984 Unattended gateway no longer freezes and exits 75 on a shell-hook consent prompt (#120356, salvage #140461)

    merged to main

    files: agent/shell_hooks.py, gateway/run_startup.py, gateway/shutdown_watchdog.py, hermes_cli/main.py, tests/agent/test_shell_hooks_consent.py, tests/gateway/test_loop_liveness_watchdog.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_cli_startup_trim.py, website/docs/user-guide/features/hooks.md

3 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 2 · superseded by another PR 1

  • #120362 fix: avoid shell hook prompt on event loop · superseded by another PR → afb53eb, #140984, #120356
  • #123425 fix(agent): bound the shell-hook consent prompt on the event loop thread · done elsewhere → afb53eb, #140984
  • #140461 fix(gateway): never prompt for shell-hook consent outside the foreground CLI (#120356) · done elsewhere → ea30fe3, afb53eb, #140984
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#120356[Bug]: shell hook approval prompt calls input() on the asyncio event loop thread — a console-bearing launcher (Windows .vbs login item) freezes the loop 105s and the gateway self-kills with exit 75
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18 Oct 2026

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