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Background processes killed during agent lifecycle cleanup

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2 open items. Fix merged in #122841 on 25 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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1open issue
1open PR
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Known?
Yes. 7 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
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A fix was merged to main in PR #122841. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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The maintainers' tracker marks this partially resolved, deciding PR #122841. That is separate from the fix event.
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1 issue and 1 PR.

These issues and PRs concern background/terminal processes being killed by SIGTERM when the agent lifecycle's release() or cleanup phase runs. At least one fix addresses preserving opted-in jobs when turns are abandoned.

Open issues1

  • Issue#41235Background processes killed by agent lifecycle cleanup (release())

Open PRs1

  • PR#123061fix(gateway): classify /new and eviction turn reaps as lifecycle so persist_on_release jobs survive

Fixes on record

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  • #122841 fix(processes): persist_on_release keeps background jobs alive across lifecycle kill sweeps

    merged to main

    files: agent/client_lifecycle.py, gateway/run_shutdown.py, hermes_cli/cli_commands_mixin.py, tests/gateway/test_api_server_active_work_drain.py, tests/gateway/test_gateway_shutdown.py, tests/gateway/test_shutdown_kill_off_loop.py, tests/tools/test_code_execution.py, tests/tools/test_code_execution_file_rpc.py, tests/tools/test_persist_on_release.py, tools/code_execution_rpc.py, tools/process_registry.py, tools/terminal_tool.py, tools/terminal_tool_background.py, tui_gateway/methods_slash.py, tui_gateway/methods_tools.py

3 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: PR volume cleanup 1 · superseded by another PR 1 · other 1

  • #83121 fix(terminal): preserve opted-in jobs on abandoned turns · PR volume cleanup
  • #109846 tools: persist_on_release flag survives agent lifecycle cleanup (fixes #41225) · other → #82995, #41217
  • #122957 feat(tools): persist_on_release flag so background processes survive lifecycle cleanup · superseded by another PR → ec5c9c7, #109846
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#41225Background processes killed by SIGTERM during agent lifecycle release()
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3 PRs closed without merging
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25 Sep 2026

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