# NousResearch/hermes-agent · TUI gateway test order-dependence and isolation fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address order-dependent test failures in tui_gateway caused by leaked stubs, sys.modules mocks, and import-time side effects. The work involves diagnosing the root causes and making the affected tests reliably isolated across files.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #74576. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #74576 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-74576`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #57068: tui_gateway tests are order-dependent across files (leaked _methods stubs, sys.modules mocks, import-time DEFAULT_DB_PATH hits the real state.db)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#74576: test: round-3 stability closeout — 12 salvaged PRs, order-dependence root fixes, guard precision**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `.gitignore`, `.lazy-refresh-incomplete`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/_early_recovery.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `pyproject.toml`, `scripts/run_tests.sh`, `scripts/run_tests_parallel.py`, `tests/agent/test_context_refs_concurrent.py`, `tests/agent/test_memory_boundary_commit.py`, `tests/cli/test_cli_yolo_toggle.py`, `tests/conftest.py`, `tests/gateway/conftest.py`, `tests/gateway/test_dm_topics.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_backup.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_checkout_mutation_guards.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_signal_handler_kanban_worker.py` (+15 more)
- **#57066: fix(tests): make tui_gateway server tests order-independent across files**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `c4adef7916`, `#74576`, `#57068`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #74576 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-30`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`