Windows log lock contention causing gateway freezes
Cluster 55953 · gateway. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #58683 on 5 Jul 2026. Check it covers your case.
The short answer
- Known?
- Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
- Fix event
- A fix was merged to main in PR #58683. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
- The maintainers' tracker marks this
unresolved. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
A cluster of issues and fixes addressing Windows-specific log file lock contention that causes gateway freezes, with approaches including async queue-based log handling and throttling high-frequency log messages to reduce lock pressure.
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#58683 fix(logging): drive rotating file handlers through an async QueueListener (salvage #58266)
files:
gateway/run.py,hermes_cli/config.py,hermes_logging.py,tests/hermes_cli/test_provider_config_validation.py,tests/test_hermes_logging.py
1 PR closed without merging
From the close comments: superseded by another PR 1
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#56013 fix(logging): eliminate Windows gateway freeze from blocking log lock retries · superseded by another PR →
#58683
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#55953Windows: ConcurrentRotatingFileHandler lock contention freezes gateway after some time (Cannot acquire lock after 20 attempts)
How this cluster was grouped
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Pairwise link density
0.67: the share of item pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36.1.00means every pair is linked.
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Open the LabAt a glance
- Subsystem
- gateway
- Merged PRs
- #58683
- Closed issues
- 1
- Attempts
- 1 PR closed without merging
- Fix link checked
- 5 Jul 2026