# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Discord reconnect leaving zombie websocket connections, duplicate responses

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

The members share one theme: the Discord adapter reportedly creating a leftover (zombie) websocket on reconnect, with one bug report citing double responses. The other members are pull requests proposing to close the old or stale client before reconnecting; their outcome is not stated in the titles.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #18758. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #18758 (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-18758`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #18187: \[Bug\]: Discord adapter creates zombie websocket connection on reconnect, causing double responses

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#18297: fix(discord): close stale client before reconnect to prevent zombie websocket (#18187)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#18224`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#18758: fix(discord): close old client before reconnect to prevent zombie websockets (salvage #18224)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/discord.py`, `tests/gateway/test_discord_connect.py`
- **#18224: fix(discord): close old client before reconnect to prevent zombie websockets**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#18758`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #18758 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-05-02`.