# NousResearch/hermes-agent · IMAP poll blocking clean gateway shutdown

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #64638: \[Bug\]: Gateway restart waits for TimeoutStopSec when Email IMAP executor poll is active
- PR #64660: fix(email): interrupt active IMAP poll on shutdown
- PR #64663: fix(email): interrupt active IMAP poll on shutdown

These items address a bug where an active IMAP polling operation prevents the gateway from shutting down promptly, causing it to wait until a timeout expires. The work involves interrupting the poll when a shutdown signal is received.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #64638: \[Bug\]: Gateway restart waits for TimeoutStopSec when Email IMAP executor poll is active

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#64660: fix(email): interrupt active IMAP poll on shutdown**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#64638`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/email/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_email_imap_shutdown.py`
- **#64663: fix(email): interrupt active IMAP poll on shutdown**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `e052c2a43e9e`, `#64638`, `#64660`, `#64663`, `#374151`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/email/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_email.py`

## Fix status

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