# NousResearch/hermes-agent · One-shot mode not closing Relay session on exit

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where one-shot execution modes exit without properly finalizing or closing the Relay session lifecycle. Fixes span both the CLI and Hermes tooling.

## 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 #132457. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #132457 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-132457`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #79471: \[Bug\]: One-shot execution exits without closing the Relay session lifecycle

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#132457: hermes -z now closes its Relay session (fixes #79471)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/oneshot.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_tui_resume_flow.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/hooks.md`
- **#79563: fix(cli): finalize one-shot Relay roots on every exit**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `c225c4a04e`, `#132457`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #132457 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-04`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`