# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Group Chat worker startup import deadlock fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a DeadlockError occurring during hosted-room worker startup caused by unserialized imports in the gateway's startup sequence. The fixes involve serializing worker imports and binding them on the correct loop thread before delegation.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #132146. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #132146 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-132146`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #123347: Group Chat hosted-room worker startup: _frozen_importlib._DeadlockError via run_startup → tui_gateway.server import chain

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#132146: Connector imports no longer deadlock the hosted-room worker (#123347, salvage #129507)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/tools/test_connectors_import_deadlock.py`, `tools/connectors/__init__.py`
- **#123840: fix(gateway): bind hosted-room worker import on loop thread before delegation**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `ddc0e65958`, `#132146`
- **#124867: fix(gateway): serialise the Group Chat worker's startup imports**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#123347`, `#123347`
- **#129507: fix(connectors): export the package surface lazily to stop the import deadlock**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `ddc0e65958`, `#132146`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #132146 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-03`.