# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Slack SDK bump to fix Socket Mode retry loops

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #131388: Bump slack-sdk to >=3.45.0: Socket Mode client keeps retrying forever after close() (orphaned reconnect loops)

These items address orphaned reconnect loops in the Slack Socket Mode client by updating the slack-sdk dependency to 3.45.0 or higher. All three members concern the same dependency version constraint and the same underlying retry behavior.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #143456. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #143456 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #131388: Bump slack-sdk to >=3.45.0: Socket Mode client keeps retrying forever after close() (orphaned reconnect loops)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#143456: chore(deps): bump Python dependencies to latest minor/patch releases**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `.github/workflows/lint.yml`, `plugins/platforms/google_chat/oauth.py`, `pm/pyproject.toml`, `pyproject.toml`, `tests/tools/test_vercel_sandbox_transient_errors.py`, `tools/environments/vercel_sandbox.py`
- **#131391: fix(deps): update slack sdk for socket mode reconnects**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#143456`
- **#131397: fix(deps): bump slack-sdk to 3.45.0 to stop orphaned Socket Mode retry loops**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#131391`, `#1922`, `#1962`, `#1966`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #143456 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-23`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`