# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway bound-skill loading blocking the event loop

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #140256: \[Bug\]: bound-skill auto-load runs skill_view / dependency setup synchronously on the gateway event loop
- PR #140281: fix(gateway): load bound skills off the event loop
- PR #140283: fix(gateway): load bound skills off the event loop

One bug report describes bound-skill auto-load running skill_view and dependency setup synchronously on the gateway event loop. Two pull requests with identical titles propose loading bound skills off the event loop; the titles alone don't show their status or details.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #140256: \[Bug\]: bound-skill auto-load runs skill_view / dependency setup synchronously on the gateway event loop

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#140281: fix(gateway): load bound skills off the event loop**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `gateway/run_turn_prepare.py`, `tests/gateway/test_auto_skill_execution.py`, `tests/gateway/test_auto_skill_title_input.py`
- **#140283: fix(gateway): load bound skills off the event loop**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `gateway/run_turn_prepare.py`, `tests/gateway/test_auto_skill_title_input.py`, `tests/gateway/test_bound_skill_offloop.py`

## Fix status

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