# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Pending approvals status incorrectly updated mid-run

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #128437: \[Bug\]: /v1/runs: with several pending approvals, answering one reports the run as \`running\` while it is still blocked on another
- PR #128444: fix(api-server): preserve approval-blocked run status

A bug where answering one of several pending approvals incorrectly marks a run as running rather than still blocked, along with fixes to preserve the approval-blocked status across partial answers and steering.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #128437: \[Bug\]: /v1/runs: with several pending approvals, answering one reports the run as \`running\` while it is still blocked on another

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#128444: fix(api-server): preserve approval-blocked run status**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/api_server_runs.py`, `tests/gateway/test_api_server_runs.py`, `tests/gateway/test_session_chat_approval.py`
- **#128716: fix(api): preserve pending approvals across partial answers and steering**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

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