# NousResearch/hermes-agent · TUI stdin handler freezing and responsiveness fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address the TUI becoming unresponsive or frozen, specifically around stdin handler errors and RPC calls blocking the main loop. The work involves routing completions and re-pumping stdin to keep the interface responsive during agent activity.

## 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 #54046. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #54046 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #31486: \[Bug\]: TUI freezes — stdin handler unresponsive while agent continues in background

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#54046: fix(tui): re-pump stdin after readable handler errors (#31486)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/app-stdin-recovery.test.ts`, `ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/components/App.tsx`
- **#33848: fix(tui): keep stdin handler responsive during agent work**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#54046`, `#31486`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #54046 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-06-28`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`