# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Background process cleanup on CLI/gateway shutdown

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #40343: Background processes survive CLI exit and /reset
- PR #40361: fix(cli): kill background processes on atexit to prevent port leaks

These issues and PRs address background and subprocess processes that outlive CLI exit, reset, or gateway drain events. The work involves adding cleanup logic to kill spawned processes on shutdown, atexit, and timeout to prevent resource and port leaks.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #40343: Background processes survive CLI exit and /reset

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#40358: fix(cli): cleanup background processes on shutdown**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#40361`, `#40343`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#40350: fix(cli): cleanup background processes on shutdown**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#40361: fix(cli): kill background processes on atexit to prevent port leaks**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `cli.py`, `tests/cli/test_cli_atexit_kill_background_processes.py`

## Fix status

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