# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Start-order gate wait needs deadline bound

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the concurrent start-order gate in the agent waits indefinitely, causing batch starvation and leaked workers. The associated fixes aim to bound that wait under the batch deadline.

## 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 #79705. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #79705 (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-79705`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #79569: \[Bug\]: _begin_in_order start gate waits without timeout — batch starvation, false timeout attribution, leaked workers

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#79705: fix(agent): bound the concurrent start-order gate under the batch deadline (salvages #79571)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/tool_executor.py`, `contributors/emails/sylbae@users.noreply.github.com`, `tests/run_agent/test_start_order_gate.py`
- **#79571: fix(agent): bound the concurrent start-order gate wait**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#79705`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #79705 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-05`.