# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Stale or duplicate dashboard/backend processes and startup cleanup

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #39136: Bug: stale \`hermes dashboard --tui\` processes accumulate across updates, not cleaned
- PR #39190: fix(cli): clean stale dashboard processes on startup and broaden TUI pattern detection
- PR #39197: fix(dashboard): clean stale processes at dashboard startup (#39136)

Most members concern stale, orphaned, or duplicate Hermes dashboard/backend processes (including \`--tui\`) and proposed or discussed startup cleanup to reap them. One member touches a related edge case where concurrent Bot Mode profile startups over SSH might reap each other.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #92775. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #92775 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.29`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #39136: Bug: stale \`hermes dashboard --tui\` processes accumulate across updates, not cleaned

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #64304: Hermes One Desktop: Multiple dashboard processes causing duplicate sessions and message loss

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#92775: fix(desktop): concurrent Bot Mode profile startups no longer mutually reap over SSH (#92008, salvage #91994)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/dashboard_procs.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_orphan_desktop_serve_reap.py`
- **#39190: fix(cli): clean stale dashboard processes on startup and broaden TUI pattern detection**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`
- **#39197: fix(dashboard): clean stale processes at dashboard startup (#39136)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_dashboard_lifecycle_flags.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_stale_dashboard.py`
- **#64344: fix(desktop): reap orphaned backends on startup to prevent duplicate sessions (#64304)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `6386c7530`, `888624ae6`, `#92775`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #92775 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-23`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`