# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Process status checks misreading hidden PIDs under hidepid/ProtectProc

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #135102: \[Bug\]: Kanban worker owned by another Linux user reported "pid not alive" under ProtectProc=invisible
- PR #135115: fix(gateway): read a NoSuchProcess status probe as hidden, not dead

These items all concern status or liveness checks that may treat a process as dead or not alive when it is merely invisible, as with hidepid=2 or ProtectProc=invisible on Linux. They cover a Kanban worker report and two fixes touching gateway and status PID-existence logic.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #135102: \[Bug\]: Kanban worker owned by another Linux user reported "pid not alive" under ProtectProc=invisible

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#135115: fix(gateway): read a NoSuchProcess status probe as hidden, not dead**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#42126`
  - files: `gateway/status.py`, `tests/gateway/test_status.py`
- **#135924: fix(status): _pid_exists falls through to os.kill under hidepid=2**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#135115`

## Fix status

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