# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Dashboard memory leaks and zombie subprocess cleanup

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #76759: \[Bug\]: Dashboard OOM-killed repeatedly — unbounded memory growth + TUI subprocesses never reaped

These items concern unbounded memory growth in the dashboard and PTY/TUI subprocesses that are not properly cleaned up when their processes end. The work involves capping memory growth and reaping orphaned helper processes.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #131306. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #131306 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #76759: \[Bug\]: Dashboard OOM-killed repeatedly — unbounded memory growth + TUI subprocesses never reaped

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#131306: fix(dashboard): free PTY sessions whose process died, and end their helpers**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/dashboard_procs.py`, `hermes_cli/pty_bridge.py`, `hermes_cli/pty_session.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_pty_bridge.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_pty_keepalive_ws.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_pty_session.py`
- **#76768: fix(dashboard): cap unbounded memory growth (#76759)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `5ddc5b6b0e`, `#131306`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #131306 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-02`.
- Subsystem: `dashboard`