# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Session busy lock causes unrecoverable desktop freezes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #44978: \[Bug\]: Desktop: "session busy" lock freezes edit/restore/slash with no user-recoverable path (P1)
- PR #45001: fix(desktop+gateway): make "session busy" lock recoverable — AbortSignal + server watchdog

A 'session busy' lock in the desktop client blocks edit, restore, and slash commands with no way for users to recover. Related fixes address abort signals, server watchdogs, and queuing mid-turn prompts instead of dropping them.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.39`: 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

- #44978: \[Bug\]: Desktop: "session busy" lock freezes edit/restore/slash with no user-recoverable path (P1)

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #39658: \[Bug\]: Desktop: editing a message containing an image fails with 'Edit failed session busy'

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#45001: fix(desktop+gateway): make "session busy" lock recoverable — AbortSignal + server watchdog**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions.ts`, `tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`
- **#45097: fix(desktop): \[Bug\]: Desktop: "session busy" lock freezes edit/restore/slash with no user-recoverable path (P1) (#44978)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`