# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Dashboard chat infinite re-render React error #301

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #42020: fix(dashboard): avoid chat resume param update loop

Multiple reports and fixes targeting a React error #301 caused by infinite re-render loops in the dashboard chat tab, related to gateway event handling and chat resume parameter updates.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 4 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #54116. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #54116 (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: `partially_resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-54116`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

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## Closed / duplicate issues

- #36658: \[Bug\]: Dashboard chat feature is broken after hermes update
- #41739: Dashboard: Infinite re-render crash (React error #301)
- #41808: \[Bug\]: Dashboard Chat tab: React error #301
- #43427: Chat tab throws React error #301 (infinite re-render) on dashboard

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#54116: fix(tui): defer buffered gateway events to stop dashboard chat #301 (#36658)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `ui-tui/src/__tests__/gatewayClient.test.ts`, `ui-tui/src/gatewayClient.ts`
  - fix hunks:
  - `ui-tui/src/__tests__/gatewayClient.test.ts`

    ```diff
    @@ -154,6 +154,79 @@ describe('GatewayClient websocket attach mode', () => {
         gw.kill()
       })
     
    +  it('drains buffered events on a later microtask, not synchronously inside drain()', async () => {
    +    // Regression for #36658: in attach mode the already-running gateway
    +    // replays `gateway.ready` the instant the socket connects, so it lands in
    +    // bufferedEvents BEFORE the consumer's mount-time subscribe effect runs.
    +    // If drain() emitted those synchronously, the gateway.ready handler's
    +    // setState cascade would run inside React's first commit -> "Too many
    +    // re-renders" (#301). drain() must defer the buffered flush so the first
    +    // commit settles first.
    +    process.env.HERMES_TUI_GATEWAY_URL = 'ws://gateway.test/api/ws?token=abc'
    +    const gw = new GatewayClient()
    +
    +    gw.start()
    +    const gatewaySocket = FakeWebSocket.instances[0]!
    +
    +    gatewaySocket.open()
    +    // Server replays ready BEFORE the consumer subscribes (attach-mode timing):
    +    gatewaySocket.message(
    +      JSON.stringify({ jsonrpc: '2.0', method: 'event', params: { type: 'gateway.ready', payload: {} } })
    +    )
    +
    +    const order: string[] = []
    +
    +    gw.on('event', ev => order.push(`event:${ev.type}`))
    +    gw.drain()
    +    order.push('after-drain')
    +
    +    // Buffered event must NOT have fired synchronously inside drain():
    +    expect(order).toEqual(['after-drain'])
    +
    +    // ...and must arrive on the next microtask.
    +    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(order).toContain('event:gateway.ready'))
    +    expect(order).toEqual(['after-drain', 'event:gateway.ready'])
    +
    +    gw.kill()
    +  })
    +
    +  it('preserves FIFO order when a live event arrives before the deferred flush', async () => {
    +    // #36658 hardening: `subscribed` must NOT flip synchronously in drain().
    +    // A live event delivered in the window between drain() returning and the
    +    // deferred microtask running must still queue BEHIND the chronologically
    +    // earlier buffered events, not jump ahead of them.
    +    process.env.HERMES_TUI_GATEWAY_URL = 'ws://gateway.test/api/ws?token=abc'
    +    const gw = new GatewayClient()
    +
    +    gw.start()
    +    const gatewaySocket = FakeWebSocket.instances[0]!
    +
    +    gatewaySocket.open()
    +    // Buffered first (replayed on connect, before subscribe):
    +    gatewaySocket.message(
    +      JSON.stringify({ jsonrpc: '2.0', method: 'event', params: { type: 'gateway.ready', payload: {} } })
    +    )
    +
    +    const order: string[] = []
    +
    +    gw.on('event', ev => order.push(ev.type))
    +    gw.drain()
    +
    +    // A LIVE event arrives synchronously in the post-drain / pre-microtask gap:
    +    gatewaySocket.message(
    +      JSON.stringify({ jsonrpc: '2.0', method: 'event', params: { type: 'session.info', payload: {} } })
    +    )
    +
    +    // Nothing emitted yet (subscribed stays false until the microtask):
    +    expect(order).toEqual([])
    +
    +    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(order.length).toBe(2))
    +    // FIFO preserved: the earlier-buffered gateway.ready precedes the live one.
    +    expect(order).toEqual(['gateway.ready', 'session.info'])
    +
    +    gw.kill()
    +  })
    +
       it('mirrors event frames to sidecar websocket when configured', async () => {
         process.env.HERMES_TUI_GATEWAY_URL = 'ws://gateway.test/api/ws?token=abc'
         process.env.HERMES_TUI_SIDECAR_URL = 'ws://gateway.test/api/pub?token=[redacted:secret-assignment]'
    ```

    ```diff
    @@ -172,6 +245,9 @@ describe('GatewayClient websocket attach mode', () => {
     
         sidecarSocket.open()
         gw.drain()
    +    // drain() flips `subscribed` on a microtask now (#36658); let it settle so
    +    // the subsequent live event takes the synchronous publish path.
    +    await Promise.resolve()
     
         const eventFrame = JSON.stringify({
           jsonrpc: '2.0',
    ```

    ```diff
    @@ -206,6 +282,8 @@ describe('GatewayClient websocket attach mode', () => {
     
         sidecarSocket.open()
         gw.drain()
    +    // drain() flips `subscribed` on a microtask now (#36658); let it settle.
    +    await Promise.resolve()
     
         gw.publishLocalEvent({
           payload: { reason: 'idle_exit_hotkey' },
    ```

    ```diff
    @@ -227,7 +305,7 @@ describe('GatewayClient websocket attach mode', () => {
         gw.kill()
       })
     
    -  it('emits exit when attached websocket closes', () => {
    +  it('emits exit when attached websocket closes', async () => {
         process.env.HERMES_TUI_GATEWAY_URL = 'ws://gateway.test/api/ws?token=abc'
         const gw = new GatewayClient()
         const exits: Array<null | number> = []
    ```

    ```diff
    @@ -239,6 +317,9 @@ describe('GatewayClient websocket attach mode', () => {
     
         gatewaySocket.open()
         gw.drain()
    +    // drain() flips `subscribed` on a microtask now (#36658); let it settle so
    +    // the close below takes the synchronous exit path.
    +    await Promise.resolve()
         gatewaySocket.close(1011)
     
         expect(exits).toEqual([1011])
    ```
  - `ui-tui/src/gatewayClient.ts`

    ```diff
    @@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ export class GatewayClient extends EventEmitter {
       private ready = false
       private readyTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null
       private subscribed = false
    +  private drainGeneration = 0
       private stdoutRl: ReturnType<typeof createInterface> | null = null
       private stderrRl: ReturnType<typeof createInterface> | null = null
     
    ```

    ```diff
    @@ -217,6 +218,10 @@ export class GatewayClient extends EventEmitter {
         // attached to a discarded child / socket.
         this.rejectPending(new Error('gateway restarting'))
         this.ready = false
    +    this.subscribed = false
    +    // Invalidate any pending deferred drain() flush from a prior transport so
    +    // its queued microtask becomes a no-op (it captured the old generation).
    +    this.drainGeneration += 1
         this.bufferedEvents.clear()
         this.pendingExit = undefined
         this.stdoutRl?.close()
    ```

    ```diff
    @@ -611,18 +616,49 @@ export class GatewayClient extends EventEmitter {
       }
     
       drain() {
    -    this.subscribed = true
    +    // Defer the buffered-event replay to the next microtask, and DO NOT flip
    +    // `subscribed` until that microtask runs.
    +    //
    +    // `drain()` is called from the consumer's mount-time subscribe effect
    +    // (ui-tui/src/app/useMainApp.ts). In *attach* mode the gateway is already
    +    // running, so it replays `gateway.ready` / `session.info` the instant the
    +    // socket connects — those land in `bufferedEvents` *before* the consumer
    +    // subscribes. If we emitted them synchronously here, the `gateway.ready`
    +    // handler's `patchUiState` / `setHistoryItems` cascade would run while
    +    // React is still inside the first commit, tripping "Too many re-renders"
    +    // (Minified React error #301) — issue #36658. Spawn/inline/sidecar modes
    +    // don't hit this because `gateway.ready` only arrives after the Python
    +    // child boots, i.e. on a later async tick.
    +    //
    +    // Crucially, `subscribed` stays false until the flush so any LIVE event
    +    // arriving in the gap between here and the microtask keeps buffering
    +    // (publish() pushes when !subscribed) instead of emitting synchronously
    +    // and jumping ahead of the chronologically-earlier replayed events. The
    +    // flush re-drains the buffer right after flipping `subscribed`, so any
    +    // in-window arrivals are delivered in FIFO order. A generation token makes
    +    // the queued microtask a no-op if the transport was reset/killed meanwhile.
    +    const generation = this.drainGeneration
    +
    +    queueMicrotask(() => {
    +      if (this.drainGeneration !== generation) {
    +        return
    +      }
     
    -    for (const ev of this.bufferedEvents.drain()) {
    -      this.emit('event', ev)
    -    }
    +      this.subscribed = true
     
    -    if (this.pendingExit !== undefined) {
    -      const code = this.pendingExit
    +      // Replay everything buffered up to now, then any events that arrived in
    +      // the gap before this microtask ran — all in chronological order.
    +      for (const ev of this.bufferedEvents.drain()) {
    +        this.emit('event', ev)
    +      }
     
    -      this.pendingExit = undefined
    -      this.emit('exit', code)
    -    }
    +      if (this.pendingExit !== undefined) {
    +        const code = this.pendingExit
    +
    +        this.pendingExit = undefined
    +        this.emit('exit', code)
    +      }
    +    })
       }
     
       getLogTail(limit = 20): string {
    ```
- **#42020: fix(dashboard): avoid chat resume param update loop**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `web/src/pages/ChatPage.tsx`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #54116 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-06-28`.
- Subsystem: `dashboard`