# NousResearch/hermes-agent · One-shot query exit leaves sessions unclosed

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #121298: codex_app_server: 'hermes chat -q' exit never closes the codex session, orphaning app-server descendants in their own session
- PR #121312: fix(cli): close codex sessions after one-shot queries

These issues and PRs concern a bug where running a one-shot query (e.g. with -q) does not properly close the agent or codex session on exit, potentially orphaning child processes. Fixes target the CLI to ensure sessions are closed after one-shot queries complete.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #121298: codex_app_server: 'hermes chat -q' exit never closes the codex session, orphaning app-server descendants in their own session

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121312: fix(cli): close codex sessions after one-shot queries**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`; refs `9da7d46d9d`
  - files: `hermes_cli/cli_shutdown.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_single_query_session_finalize.py`
- **#121612: fix(cli): close the agent when a one-shot query exits**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`

## Fix status

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