NousResearch/hermes-agent

AsyncOpenAI/httpx deadlock in gateway-mode vision tool execution

Cluster 2681 · agent. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #2701 on 26 Mar 2026. Check it covers your case.

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A fix was merged to main in PR #2701. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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The maintainers' tracker marks this resolved, deciding PR #2701. That is separate from the fix event.
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The three members all concern an AsyncOpenAI/httpx deadlock reported in gateway mode, particularly during vision tool execution. Two are fix-oriented pull requests (a cross-loop deadlock prevention and a switch to a sync call_llm), and one is an issue describing the problem; their titles do not show whether the problem has been fixed or is still open.

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  • #2701 fix(agent): prevent AsyncOpenAI/httpx cross-loop deadlock in gateway mode

    merged to main

    files: agent/auxiliary_client.py, tests/test_crossloop_client_cache.py, tools/session_search_tool.py

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: superseded by another PR 1

  • #2682 fix(vision): use sync call_llm to avoid AsyncOpenAI deadlock in gateway mode · superseded by another PR → #2701
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#2681AsyncOpenAI/httpx deadlocks during vision tool execution in gateway mode
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  • Pairwise link density 0.67: the share of item 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.

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#2701
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1 PR closed without merging
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