# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix stale running status for background processes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #48339: Background process tracker shows stale "running" status for long-lived server processes
- PR #48934: fix: rehydrate TUI background process status after refresh

These items address a bug where background or server processes incorrectly show a stale 'running' status, and introduce fixes to rehydrate or self-heal that status across sessions and after TUI refreshes.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #105548. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #105548 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #48339: Background process tracker shows stale "running" status for long-lived server processes

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#105548: fix(process): list refreshes no longer leave exited children running (salvage #60506, #81385)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_process_registry_list_exit.py`, `tools/process_registry.py`
- **#48934: fix: rehydrate TUI background process status after refresh**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `ui-tui/src/__tests__/processes.test.ts`, `ui-tui/src/app/interfaces.ts`, `ui-tui/src/app/uiStore.ts`, `ui-tui/src/app/useMainApp.ts`, `ui-tui/src/app/useSessionLifecycle.ts`, `ui-tui/src/components/appLayout.tsx`, `ui-tui/src/domain/processes.ts`, `ui-tui/src/gatewayTypes.ts`
- **#60506: fix(process): self-heal stale 'running' status and show server processes across sessions**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `41380ccef90f`, `#105548`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #105548 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-13`.
- Subsystem: `agent`