# NousResearch/hermes-agent · A2A long-running call timeout mismatch fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #78007: A2A: long tasks can never complete — client timeout (120s) dies before the server reply window (300s), raw-URL calls can't raise it
- PR #78357: fix(a2a): let long-running peer calls survive the timeout stack

These members address a mismatch where the client timeout (120s) expires before the server reply window (300s), preventing long-running A2A peer calls from completing. A fix is proposed to allow such calls to survive the timeout stack.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #110219. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #110219 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #78007: A2A: long tasks can never complete — client timeout (120s) dies before the server reply window (300s), raw-URL calls can't raise it

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#110219: A2A: orphan watchdog no longer fails tasks with a live waiter; grace follows A2A_REPLY_TIMEOUT (#106972, #109238, salvage #109249)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/a2a/README.md`, `plugins/platforms/a2a/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/a2a/protocol.py`, `tests/plugins/test_a2a_phase23.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/a2a.md`
- **#78008: fix(a2a): let long-running peer calls survive the timeout stack**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#78357`
- **#78357: fix(a2a): let long-running peer calls survive the timeout stack**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `plugins/platforms/a2a/README.md`, `plugins/platforms/a2a/tools.py`, `tests/plugins/test_a2a_plugin.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/a2a.md`
- **#90158: fix(a2a): reply watchdog honors the route configured timeout**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `138e426f62f3`, `#110219`, `#107840`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #110219 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-13`.
- Subsystem: `acp`