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Desktop SSH backend cleanup and lock handling

Cluster 132034 · hermes cli. Data as of 2026-10-24 20:38 UTC

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #132470 on 7 Oct 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items concern a bug where superseded desktop SSH serve backends are not properly reaped when their locks are overwritten, potentially causing a reconnect storm that leaks detached backends until the remote host runs out of memory. The accompanying fixes address lock retirement and backend cleanup logic.

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#132219 SSH-isolated backends retire once a newer Desktop spawn owns the lock (#132034)

merged to main

files: hermes_cli/dashboard_procs.py, hermes_cli/main.py, hermes_cli/web_server.py, hermes_cli/web_server_owner_exit.py, hermes_cli/web_server_skew_exit.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_resource_limits.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server_owner_exit.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server_ws_ping.py
#132470 fix(desktop): Windows SSH host locks let a superseded backend retire [risk 0.30]

merged to main

files: hermes_cli/windows_ssh_runtime.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server_owner_exit.py, website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 1

#132703 fix(serve): reap superseded desktop-ssh backends whose lock was overwritten (fixes #132034) · done elsewhere → 7533bd2, 503a6b6, #132034, #132219, #132470

Closed issues · 1

Closed#132034[Bug]: Desktop SSH reconnect storm leaks detached serve backends until the remote OOMs

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Subsystem: hermes cli
Merged PRs: #132219, #132470
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 1 PR closed without merging
Fix link checked: 7 Oct 2026

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