# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Duplicate execution on RPC socket timeout bug

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #123565: \[Bug\]: execute_code tool call runs twice when its RPC reply exceeds the client's socket timeout
- PR #123566: fix(execute_code): don't resend a tool call whose RPC reply timed out

These items concern a bug where execute_code tool calls are sent or run more than once when the RPC reply exceeds the client's socket timeout. The members address preventing timed-out local RPC calls from being replayed.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #123565: \[Bug\]: execute_code tool call runs twice when its RPC reply exceeds the client's socket timeout

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#123566: fix(execute_code): don't resend a tool call whose RPC reply timed out**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `11e36eb07a`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_code_execution.py`, `tools/code_execution_tool.py`
- **#123578: fix(code-execution): do not replay timed-out local RPC calls**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

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