# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix flaky timeout tests by patching threading.Event

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a testing reliability problem where real 30-second waits in computer-use agent timeout tests could race against pytest-timeout and kill the test process. The proposed fix involves patching or faking the threading.Event class so timeout behavior is simulated without actual delays.

## 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 #74173. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #74173 (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-74173`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #69372: Windows: TestStartupTimeoutPhaseDetail's Event.wait patch never takes — real 30s wait races pytest-timeout and can kill the whole pytest process

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#74173: test(computer_use): fake Event class for timeout tests + approval-global isolation (salvage #69607, #70584)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/conftest.py`, `tests/tools/test_computer_use.py`, `tests/tools/test_computer_use_approval_isolation.py`
- **#69607: fix(test): patch threading.Event class for CUA timeout tests**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#74173`, `#69372`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #74173 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-29`.
- Subsystem: `environments`