# NousResearch/hermes-agent · TUI gateway RPC reader blocked by slow handlers

## Open now

- 0 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #67628: fix(tui): keep exec quick commands off the RPC reader
- PR #67789: fix(tui): pool-route exec quick commands to unblock RPC reader (#67627)

These issues and PRs concern a problem where slow or blocking RPC calls in the TUI gateway tie up the RPC reader loop, preventing timely handling of other commands. Proposed and applied fixes involve moving slow handlers off the reader loop onto thread pools or separate execution paths.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #67627: bug(tui): exec quick commands block the RPC reader loop

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#67628: fix(tui): keep exec quick commands off the RPC reader**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `0cfa12f0a1b0`, `#67627`, `#67628`, `#67789`, `#374151`
  - files: `tests/tui_gateway/test_protocol.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_tools.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`
- **#67789: fix(tui): pool-route exec quick commands to unblock RPC reader (#67627)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `84df794cb072`, `#67627`, `#67628`, `#67789`, `#374151`
  - files: `tui_gateway/server.py`

## Fix status

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