# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway restart orphans background processes and delegations

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #48864: fix(shadow_clone): persist in-flight delegation tracking to SQLite — survive gateway restarts

Multiple issues and fixes address how hermes-gateway loses track of in-flight delegated subagents and background processes when it restarts or shuts down. Work spans SQLite persistence for delegation state, subagent cancellation on shutdown, and related recovery improvements.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.45`: 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

- #48864: fix(shadow_clone): persist in-flight delegation tracking to SQLite — survive gateway restarts

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #48906: feat(delegation): shadow_clone SQLite persistence — in-flight tracking survives gateway restart

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#46475: feat: async shadow clone delegation (background=True) + SQLite persistence**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `a879cca8a`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._

## Fix status

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