# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Concurrent write corruption in state.db

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address state.db corruption caused by multiple processes writing simultaneously, with fixes involving gateway instance guards and cross-process file locking for WAL checkpoints.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #73411: state.db corruption from concurrent \`hermes serve\` + \`gateway run\` writers on the same default profile (Linux, single host)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#73534: fix(state): guard periodic WAL checkpoints with cross-process flock**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `fbd5e5772b`, `fe431651c5`, `#73411`
- **#73721: fix(gateway): prevent state.db corruption from concurrent gateway instances**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `fbd5e5772b`, `fe431651c5`, `#73411`

## Fix status

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