# NousResearch/hermes-agent · API server leaking per-request Codex app-server processes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #137451: API server leaks a \`codex app-server\` process per request (agent never released), breaking thread resume
- PR #137464: fix(api-server): close each turn's Codex app-server child (#137451)

The members concern an API server that reportedly leaves a \`codex app-server\` child process running for each request because the per-request agent is never freed, affecting thread resume. Two related fix-oriented pull requests propose freeing the agent's clients or closing each turn's child process when the turn ends.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #137451: API server leaks a \`codex app-server\` process per request (agent never released), breaking thread resume

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#137463: fix(api-server): release the per-request agent's clients when its turn ends**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#137464`, `#137451`
- **#137464: fix(api-server): close each turn's Codex app-server child (#137451)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#137463`, `#137451`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/api_server.py`, `gateway/platforms/api_server_runs.py`, `tests/gateway/test_api_server_codex_session_release.py`

## Fix status

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