# NousResearch/hermes-agent · pytest-timeout cross-platform deadlock fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address pytest-timeout crashes and suite-teardown deadlocks caused by SIGALRM, which is unavailable on Windows, by switching to a cross-platform timeout method and adding a hard cap.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #39881. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #39881 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-39881`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #39880: pytest-timeout SIGALRM crashes entire suite on Windows

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#39881: fix(tests): use cross-platform pytest-timeout method**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `pyproject.toml`
- **#39885: fix(tests): use cross-platform pytest timeout method**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#39881`, `#38870`, `#39880`
- **#40044: fix(test): use cross-platform pytest timeout mode**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#39881`, `#39880`, `#39885`, `#38870`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #39881 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-06-09`.