# NousResearch/hermes-agent · MCP catalog install blocking serve worker threads

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #120527: \[Bug\]: Dashboard MCP catalog install stalls on curses prompt in serve worker thread — thread-pool exhaustion, all /api/ws connections time out
- PR #120537: fix(mcp): keep Dashboard catalog installs noninteractive
- PR #120541: fix(cli): keep a serve worker thread out of the interactive catalog checklist

A bug where interactive/curses prompts during catalog installation stall serve worker threads, and fixes to make those installs noninteractive. Covers both the Dashboard and CLI contexts.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #120527: \[Bug\]: Dashboard MCP catalog install stalls on curses prompt in serve worker thread — thread-pool exhaustion, all /api/ws connections time out

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120537: fix(mcp): keep Dashboard catalog installs noninteractive**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `7405a92883b156dc532208940bf25d428f17ae95`, `18fa38463490c07e7d1764520118097a5e5fdd42`
  - files: `hermes_cli/mcp_catalog.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/mcp.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_mcp_catalog.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_mcp_catalog_env_boundary.py`
- **#120541: fix(cli): keep a serve worker thread out of the interactive catalog checklist**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `e4ee567739`
  - files: `hermes_cli/mcp_catalog.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_mcp_catalog.py`

## Fix status

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