# NousResearch/hermes-agent · SQLite connection leak fixes across multiple ledgers

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address unclosed SQLite connections in the delivery_ledger, async_delegation, and verification_evidence ledgers, which risk file descriptor exhaustion. Multiple fix attempts or variants targeting the same set of affected ledgers are represented.

## TL;DR

- 7 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 5 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #70985. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #70985 (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-70985`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.33`: 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

- #69678: SQLite connections leaked (no close) in delivery_ledger, async_delegation, and verification_evidence ledgers — fd exhaustion, same class as #69567

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#70985: fix: close leaked SQLite connections in delivery, delegation, verification, and cron execution ledgers**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `agent/verification_evidence.py`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `cron/executions.py`, `gateway/delivery_ledger.py`, `gateway/readiness.py`, `tests/agent/test_verification_evidence_fd_leak.py`, `tests/cron/test_execution_ledger.py`, `tests/gateway/test_delivery_ledger_fd_leak.py`, `tests/tools/test_async_delegation_fd_leak.py`, `tools/async_delegation.py`
- **#69681: fix(gateway,tools,agent): close leaked SQLite connections in delivery…**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#70985`, `#69594`, `#69678`
- **#69785: fix: close SQLite connections in delivery_ledger, async_delegation, and verification_evidence ledgers**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#69681`, `#70985`
- **#69790: fix(gateway,tools,agent): close SQLite connections in delivery_ledger, async_delegation, verification_evidence**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#69681`
- **#70530: fix: close SQLite connections in 3 ledgers (delivery_ledger, async_delegation, verification_evidence) (#69678)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#69681`, `#70985`
- **#70918: fix: close SQLite connections in 3 ledgers (delivery_ledger, async_delegation, verification_evidence)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#69681`, `#70985`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #70985 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-24`.