# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Add timeouts to uv provisioning subprocess calls

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #76684: hermes update hangs indefinitely during managed Python runtime provisioning (no timeout on uv subprocesses)
- PR #76693: fix: add timeout to all subprocess.run calls in managed_uv.py (#76684)
- PR #76733: fix(cli): add timeouts + stderr feedback to provisioning subprocess.run calls (#76684)

A reported hang during managed Python runtime provisioning led to multiple fix attempts adding timeout limits and stderr feedback to subprocess.run calls in the CLI's managed uv code.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #76684: hermes update hangs indefinitely during managed Python runtime provisioning (no timeout on uv subprocesses)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#76690: fix(cli): bound managed uv python provisioning with subprocess timeouts**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `868feeeb17c2`, `#76690`, `#76693`, `#76733`, `#42488`, `#42857`, `#57979`, `#60179`, `#61282`, `#62711`, `#62798`, `#66161`, `#76707`, `#76778`, `#374151`, `#76684`
- **#76693: fix: add timeout to all subprocess.run calls in managed_uv.py (#76684)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#76690`, `#76684`
  - files: `hermes_cli/managed_uv.py`
- **#76707: fix(cli): bound all subprocess.run calls with timeouts + stderr feedback (#76684)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#76733`
- **#76733: fix(cli): add timeouts + stderr feedback to provisioning subprocess.run calls (#76684)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#76690`
  - files: `hermes_cli/managed_uv.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_managed_uv.py`

## Fix status

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