# NousResearch/hermes-agent · LSP language servers persisting after parent process exits

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #132862: \[Bug\]: LSP language server outlives its Hermes parent on every os._exit path (pyright orphans)
- PR #137351: fix(lsp): reap language servers on parent death

The members concern language servers (e.g., pyright) staying alive as orphans when their Hermes parent exits via os._exit paths, and proposed changes to reap them on parent death. One member is a bug report and two share an identical fix title; their outcomes are not stated in the titles.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #132862: \[Bug\]: LSP language server outlives its Hermes parent on every os._exit path (pyright orphans)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#132863: fix(lsp): reap language servers on parent death**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`
- **#137351: fix(lsp): reap language servers on parent death**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#132863`
  - files: `agent/lsp/__init__.py`, `agent/lsp/client.py`, `evals/lsp_parent_death_orphan.py`, `tests/agent/lsp/test_parent_death_supervision.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`