# NousResearch/hermes-agent · TUI gateway and MCP process stability fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address crashes and resource issues in the TUI gateway and MCP stdio layer, including main-thread signal guard fixes and stale or accumulating MCP server processes on macOS.

## 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 #72824. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #72824 (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-72824`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #72667: MCP stdio: stale serve processes mask fixes + unbounded dart mcp-server accumulation (macOS)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#72824: fix(tui-gateway): guard entry signal installs to main thread**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_windows_native_support.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_entry_import_off_main_thread.py`, `tui_gateway/entry.py`
- **#72677: fix(tui-gateway): guard entry signal installs to main thread (fixes MCP discovery crash on Desktop)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#72824`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #72824 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-27`.