# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix stateless delegation for single-query chat mode

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where the \`-q\` (single-query) chat path incorrectly uses async delegate_task behavior, and propose fixes to make that path stateless. The work involves declaring a stateless channel to avoid unwanted child process lifecycle issues.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #107300. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #107300 (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-107300`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #71453: \[Bug\]: \`hermes chat -q\` still forces async delegate_task then kills children on exit — missed by #66617's oneshot/cron sync fallback

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#107300: fix: join delegated work before finite chat exits**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/cli/test_finite_chat_delegation.py`, `tests/tools/test_finite_delegation_outcomes.py`, `tools/delegate_tool.py`, `tools/delegate_tool_dispatch.py`, `website/docs/reference/cli-commands.md`
- **#71489: fix(cli): make chat -q delegation stateless**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `49ef015ca3d22282aa34d65a4dfdde365dd0134e`, `#107300`, `#69126`, `#71489`
- **#71568: fix(cli): declare stateless channel for single-query chat (-q) path**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#71489`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #107300 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-10`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`