# NousResearch/hermes-agent · notify_on_complete restricted to successful exits only

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #45352: notify_on_complete pushes all process exits to chat, including failed/killed
- PR #45357: fix(process): silence failed notify_on_complete exits
- PR #45359: fix(tools): only push notify_on_complete messages for successful exits

These issues and PRs concern behavior where notify_on_complete was triggering notifications for all process exits, including unsuccessful or killed ones. The work focuses on restricting these notifications to successful exits only.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #45352: notify_on_complete pushes all process exits to chat, including failed/killed

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#45455: fix(tools): only notify_on_complete for successful exits (#45352)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#45359`, `#45352`
- **#45357: fix(process): silence failed notify_on_complete exits**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#45366`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/test_background_process_notifications.py`, `tests/tools/test_notify_on_complete.py`, `tests/tools/test_process_registry.py`, `tools/process_registry.py`
- **#45359: fix(tools): only push notify_on_complete messages for successful exits**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `be7c919bf`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_notify_on_complete.py`, `tests/tools/test_process_registry.py`, `tools/process_registry.py`
- **#45366: fix(gateway): notify agent only on successful process exit**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

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