# NousResearch/hermes-agent · TUI spawning duplicate MCP server child processes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

The members concern the TUI starting duplicate 'hermes mcp serve' child processes, with one bug report naming tui_gateway.entry and slash_worker as sources. The other items appear to be proposed fixes: suppressing MCP discovery in slash_worker, preventing duplicate spawns, and deferring server spawning until first tool use.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #15275: Bug: TUI session eagerly spawns duplicate 'hermes mcp serve' children from both tui_gateway.entry and slash_worker

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#15440: fix(tui): suppress MCP discovery in slash_worker to prevent duplicate serve children (#15275)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#16856`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#15796: fix(tui): prevent slash_worker from spawning duplicate MCP servers**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#16856`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#15797: fix(tui): lazy MCP connection pool — defer server spawning to first tool use**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#16856`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._

## Fix status

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