# NousResearch/hermes-agent · WebSocket disconnect/reconnect TOCTOU race fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Multiple fixes and at least one tracking issue addressing a time-of-check/time-of-use race condition in WebSocket disconnect and reconnect session handling. Includes work across ws and tui-gateway components, with notes about merge status.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 5 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.33`: 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

- #77192: WS disconnect/reconnect TOCTOU fix exists only on an unmerged branch, missing from main (RAH-06)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#77129: fix(tui-gateway): close WS disconnect/reconnect session race**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
- **#77205: fix(tui-gateway): close WS disconnect/reconnect TOCTOU race (RAH-06)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#77206`, `#77212`
- **#77212: fix(tui-gateway): WS disconnect/reconnect TOCTOU fix + real regression test (RAH-05 + RAH-06)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#77129`, `#77127`, `#77191`, `#77192`
- **#77535: fix(ws): TOCTOU race in close_on_disconnect**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#77129`
- **#77570: fix: TOCTOU race in close_sessions_for_transport**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#77534`, `#77129`, `#77536`, `#77537`

## Fix status

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