# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix race condition losing second clarify reply

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #135339: clarify: typed reply to a second pending clarify in the same session is lost (TEXT_NO_PENDING race)
- PR #135346: fix(gateway): claim unresolved clarify replies atomically

These items address a race condition where a typed reply to a second pending clarification prompt is lost due to a TEXT_NO_PENDING conflict. The work involves atomically claiming unresolved clarify replies to prevent the reply from being dropped.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #135339: clarify: typed reply to a second pending clarify in the same session is lost (TEXT_NO_PENDING race)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#135346: fix(gateway): claim unresolved clarify replies atomically**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `gateway/run_inbound.py`, `tests/gateway/test_clarify_reply_target.py`, `tests/tools/test_clarify_text_reply_queue.py`, `tools/clarify_gateway.py`
- **#135740: fix(clarify): a typed reply to the second pending prompt reaches it**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#135346`, `#135339`

## Fix status

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