# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Configurable file descriptor limits and EMFILE fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address a macOS 256-file-descriptor inheritance problem in desktop SSH serve, add configuration support for the nofile soft limit, and introduce bounded resource pools and orphan process cleanup to prevent EMFILE cascades.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 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 #83406. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #83406 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #77573: \[Bug\]: Desktop SSH serve inherits macOS 256-FD limit with no YAML override

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#83406: fix(state,desktop,runtime): EMFILE cascade — bounded WAL read pool, orphan serve reap, nofile floor**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/backend-child.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/windows-child-options.test.ts`, `cli-config.yaml.example`, `contributors/emails/XiaoZAZA@users.noreply.github.com`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `gateway/run.py`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/dashboard_procs.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/resource_limits.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `hermes_state.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_dashboard_admin_endpoints.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_service.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_orphan_desktop_serve_reap.py`, `tests/test_resource_limits.py`, `tests/test_session_db_read_conn_pool.py` (+2 more)
- **#77587: fix(runtime): make nofile soft limit configurable**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#83406`, `#76700`, `#77587`, `#73066`, `#78873`, `#78312`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #83406 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-11`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`