# NousResearch/hermes-agent · AsyncOpenAI/httpx deadlock in gateway-mode vision tool execution

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

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.

## 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 #2701. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #2701 (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-2701`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #2681: AsyncOpenAI/httpx deadlocks during vision tool execution in gateway mode

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#2701: fix(agent): prevent AsyncOpenAI/httpx cross-loop deadlock in gateway mode**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `tests/test_crossloop_client_cache.py`, `tools/session_search_tool.py`
- **#2682: fix(vision): use sync call_llm to avoid AsyncOpenAI deadlock in gateway mode**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#2701`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #2701 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-03-26`. This confirmation is old and may be out of date (a revert/reopen would not have invalidated it here); re-verify.
- Subsystem: `agent`