# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Stale-stream watchdog repeatedly killing wedged agent workers

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #141399: fix(agent): bound stale-stream re-kills so a wedged reader cannot loop forever

All three members concern a stale-stream watchdog that repeatedly kills a wedged streaming attempt, with one bug report describing a Windows worker stuck for about 3.5 days. Two fix-oriented titles propose bounding the re-kills or abandoning the worker, but nothing here confirms whether these changes work or have been merged.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #144201. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #144201 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-144201`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #141098: \[Bug\]: Windows - stale stream watchdog re-kills a wedged attempt forever (never counted toward give-up) and keeps the kanban heartbeat fresh; worker stuck 3.5 days

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#144201: fix(agent): abandon a streaming worker that stale kills cannot unwind**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/chat_completion_helpers.py`, `agent/chat_completion_stream_monitor.py`, `tests/agent/test_stream_stale_abandon.py`
- **#141399: fix(agent): bound stale-stream re-kills so a wedged reader cannot loop forever**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `d863ff4b03`
  - files: `agent/chat_completion_helpers.py`, `agent/chat_completion_stream_monitor.py`, `agent/status_output.py`, `tests/agent/test_stream_stale_rekill_bounded.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #144201 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-25`.
- Subsystem: `agent`