# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows desktop MCP child processes lingering after exit

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #132069: Desktop leaves MCP child processes running after exit
- PR #137860: fix(win32): declare winapi signatures and drop SILENT_BREAKAWAY_OK so the kill-on-close job works

One issue reports that the desktop app leaves MCP child processes running after exit. Two members share an identical pull request title about declaring winapi signatures and dropping SILENT_BREAKAWAY_OK so a kill-on-close job works on Windows, which appears related but whose outcome is not stated here.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #132069: Desktop leaves MCP child processes running after exit

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#135689: fix(win32): declare winapi signatures and drop SILENT_BREAKAWAY_OK so the kill-on-close job works**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#137860`
- **#137860: fix(win32): declare winapi signatures and drop SILENT_BREAKAWAY_OK so the kill-on-close job works**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/process_identity.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_process_identity.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`