# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Correct stuck subagent statuses after timeout or error

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Desktop was leaving timed-out or errored subagents in a non-terminal running state. These members address normalising those statuses to a proper terminal stopped state.

## 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 #86592. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #86592 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #73728: Desktop leaves timed-out subagents stuck as running

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86592: fix(desktop): map subagent timeout/error completions to terminal states so spinners stop**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/tool/delegate-model.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/tool/delegate-model.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/subagents.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/subagents.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`
- **#73859: fix(desktop): normalise timeout/error subagent statuses to terminal (#73728)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `b9482484f7c20603c80e5ccaa561641f43fa3c38`, `a351c17d4abe`, `#86592`, `#85493`
- **#85493: fix(desktop): map subagent timeout/error completion to terminal failed state**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86592`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #86592 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-15`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`