# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Skills install/browse hangs when remote source stalls

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Multiple bug reports and fixes addressing indefinite hangs in skills install and browse commands caused by stalling third-party sources (notably ClawHub) and timeout mechanisms being defeated by blocking executor shutdown or unbounded catalog walks.

## TL;DR

- 7 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 5 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.26`: 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

- #37008: \[Bug\]: \`hermes skills install <short-name>\` can hang indefinitely when a third-party source (e.g. ClawHub) stalls
- #38459: skills browse hangs indefinitely on cold cache: overall_timeout defeated by blocking ThreadPoolExecutor shutdown + unbounded ClawHub catalog walk

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#37029: fix(skills): prevent indefinite hang when skill source stalls during parallel search**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#37008`, `#37267`, `#37178`, `#37396`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#37178: fix(skills): return after timed-out source search**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `3f2a56d1a4aab9511770b81ee595378440376ac0`
- **#37267: fix: stop waiting after skills hub timeout**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `105625d650df6e0cc6b5336c15d5427364f504a4`, `#37029`
- **#37396: fix(skills): don't hang on install when a third-party source stalls**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#57000`
- **#38481: fix(skills): honour overall_timeout and bound ClawHub catalog walk**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `skills`