# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron job subprocess leak fix for codex app-server

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #62101: \[Bug\]: cron jobs leak one codex app-server subprocess per run inside the gateway (codex_app_server runtime)
- PR #62105: fix(cron): close codex app-server session in teardown to prevent subprocess leak (#62101)
- PR #62112: fix(cron): close codex app-server session when a job run finishes

These members concern a bug where cron jobs running in the codex app-server runtime leave behind a leaked subprocess per run inside the gateway. The related entries address closing the app-server session during teardown or job completion to prevent the leak.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #62101: \[Bug\]: cron jobs leak one codex app-server subprocess per run inside the gateway (codex_app_server runtime)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#62105: fix(cron): close codex app-server session in teardown to prevent subprocess leak (#62101)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `fe9189e9d2`
  - files: `cron/scheduler.py`, `tests/cron/test_cleanup_timeout.py`
- **#62112: fix(cron): close codex app-server session when a job run finishes**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#62105`, `#62101`, `#55450`
  - files: `agent/codex_runtime.py`, `agent/transports/codex_app_server_session.py`, `cron/scheduler.py`, `tests/agent/test_codex_runtime_close.py`, `tests/agent/transports/test_codex_app_server_session.py`, `tests/cron/test_run_one_job.py`

## Fix status

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