# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Turn-end bookend timing and idle-state fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #131740: Desktop: turn-finalization bookend lost — sessions stay busy after a turn ends (Stop/queue ineffective, liveness watchdog aborts an already-finished turn)

These items address a bug where turn finalization signals were lost or misordered, causing sessions to appear busy after a turn completed. Fixes target both the Desktop and TUI surfaces to ensure the turn bookend and idle state are settled before optional post-turn housekeeping runs.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #132140. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #132140 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #131740: Desktop: turn-finalization bookend lost — sessions stay busy after a turn ends (Stop/queue ineffective, liveness watchdog aborts an already-finished turn)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#132140: TUI turn bookend and idle state no longer wait on post-turn memory trim (salvage #131773)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tui_gateway/test_bot_live_owner_delivery.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_prompt_accept_logging.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tui_gateway/prompt_turn.py`
- **#131773: fix(tui_gateway): early settle turn before best-effort post-turn housekeeping (#131740)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `21d59f18e7`, `a9b1d1926c`, `#132140`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #132140 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-03`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`