# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop SSH backend cleanup and lock handling

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where superseded desktop SSH serve backends are not properly reaped when their locks are overwritten, potentially causing a reconnect storm that leaks detached backends until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.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #132470. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #132470 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-132470`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

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

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#132219: SSH-isolated backends retire once a newer Desktop spawn owns the lock (#132034)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - 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- **#132470: fix(desktop): Windows SSH host locks let a superseded backend retire \[risk 0.30\]**.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 · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/windows_ssh_runtime.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server_owner_exit.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`
- **#132703: fix(serve): reap superseded desktop-ssh backends whose lock was overwritten (fixes #132034)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `7533bd2756`, `503a6b60e5`, `#132034`, `#132219`, `#132470`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #132470 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-07`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`