# NousResearch/hermes-agent · CLI interrupt handling and shutdown reliability fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address a regression where removing the interrupt queue drain in v0.12.0 caused the CLI to hang indefinitely, with follow-up fixes to restore reliable interrupt handling, bounded exit behavior, and immediate shutdown feedback.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #56110. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #56110 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #20271: CLI hangs indefinitely when agent thread blocks — interrupt_queue drain removed in v0.12.0

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#56110: fix(cli): re-land interrupt_queue drain so finished turns flush stray input**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cli.py`, `tests/cli/test_cli_interrupt_drain_regression.py`
- **#20437: fix(cli): re-land interrupt_queue drain so finished turns flush stray input**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `c1a0c0ada`, `#56110`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #56110 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-01`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`