# NousResearch/hermes-agent · N-API subagent timeout missing tool_trace diagnostics

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #17308: \[Bug\]: N-API-call subagent timeout lacks tool_trace diagnostics — cannot identify last stuck tool
- PR #17312: feat(delegate): extend timeout diagnostics for N-API-call subagents

A bug was reported that N-API-call subagent timeouts do not surface tool_trace information, making it hard to identify the last stuck tool. Related changes address extending and surfacing timeout diagnostics for this case.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Open related issues

- #17308: \[Bug\]: N-API-call subagent timeout lacks tool_trace diagnostics — cannot identify last stuck tool

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#17329: fix(delegate): surface tool_trace on N-API-call subagent timeouts (#17308)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#63379`
- **#17312: feat(delegate): extend timeout diagnostics for N-API-call subagents**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#17329`
  - files: `skills/software-development/subagent-timeout-diagnostics/SKILL.md`, `tools/delegate_tool.py`
- **#63379: fix(delegate): surface tool_trace on N-API-call subagent timeouts (#17308)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#17312`, `#17308`, `#17329`

## Fix status

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