# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop backend cleanup on app quit

## Open now

- 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.

## 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 #88739. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #88739 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #76245: Hermes Desktop: backend not reliably drained/killed on app quit (stray hermes serve orphans)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#88739: fix(desktop): await pooled backend teardown to stop orphaned profile backends**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/pool-stop.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/pool-stop.ts`
- **#76755: fix(desktop): drain backend children to completion before quitting**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `9b112e573`, `#88739`, `#62721`
- **#82461: fix(desktop): wait for managed backend teardown on quit**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #88739 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-17`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`