Desktop backend cleanup on app quit
Cluster 76245 · apps/desktop. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #88739 on 17 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.
The short answer
- Known?
- Yes. 4 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
- Fix event
- A fix was merged to main in PR #88739. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
- The maintainers' tracker marks this
unresolved. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
These issues and PRs address a problem where backend processes are not reliably stopped or drained when the desktop app quits, potentially leaving orphaned processes. The work focuses on ensuring managed backend teardown completes before the app exits.
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#88739 fix(desktop): await pooled backend teardown to stop orphaned profile backends
files:
apps/desktop/electron/main.ts,apps/desktop/electron/pool-stop.test.ts,apps/desktop/electron/pool-stop.ts
2 PRs closed without merging
From the close comments: done elsewhere 1 · superseded by another PR 1
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#76245Hermes Desktop: backend not reliably drained/killed on app quit (stray hermes serve orphans)
How this cluster was grouped
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Pairwise link density
0.50: the share of item pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36.1.00means every pair is linked.
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Open the LabAt a glance
- Subsystem
- apps/desktop
- Merged PRs
- #88739
- Closed issues
- 1
- Attempts
- 2 PRs closed without merging
- Fix link checked
- 17 Aug 2026