# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix stuck source-completion-pending marker with TTL and bounds

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #127284: \[Bug\]: source-completion-pending has no TTL or self-heal - a killed tail strands it and every later launch re-enters it
- PR #127315: fix(update): bound source-completion-pending re-entry with owner, age and attempt budget

These members address a bug where the source-completion-pending marker has no expiry or self-healing, causing a killed tail process to strand it and block all subsequent launches. The fixes introduce ownership tracking, age limits, attempt budgets, and expiry to prevent indefinite re-entry.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #127284: \[Bug\]: source-completion-pending has no TTL or self-heal - a killed tail strands it and every later launch re-enters it

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#127315: fix(update): bound source-completion-pending re-entry with owner, age and attempt budget**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#127283`
  - files: `hermes_cli/venv_sync.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_launch_completion.py`
- **#127325: fix(update): expire the source-completion marker and bound tail retries (#127284)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#127315`, `#127284`
- **#129665: fix(update): give source-completion-pending a TTL and self-heal**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#127315`

## Fix status

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