# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Memory leaks and session cleanup fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #46082: \[Bug\]: Hermes Dashboard memory leak (grows to 5.2GB, OOM-killed)
- PR #63551: fix(gateway): idle session reaper never fires while a client stays connected

These items address memory growth and resource leak issues across multiple components, including agent shutdown, dashboard sessions, and gateway idle session reaping. The work involves ensuring proper cleanup of sessions, workers, and memory providers to prevent out-of-memory conditions.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: 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

- #46082: \[Bug\]: Hermes Dashboard memory leak (grows to 5.2GB, OOM-killed)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#53315: fix(agent): call shutdown_memory_provider() in AIAgent.close() + Honcho shutdown chain**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#127647`, `#46082`
- **#63551: fix(gateway): idle session reaper never fires while a client stays connected**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#127647`, `#46082`
  - files: `tui_gateway/server.py`

## Fix status

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