# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop subagent spinner stuck on timeout/error

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where subagent statuses 'timeout' and 'error' were not recognized as terminal states in the desktop renderer, causing spinners to spin indefinitely. The members cover the bug report and related fix attempts.

## 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 #86592. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #86592 (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-86592`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #80018: Desktop: subagent stays 'running' forever when it times out — status vocabulary mismatch ('timeout'/'error' are not terminal in the renderer)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86592: fix(desktop): map subagent timeout/error completions to terminal states so spinners stop**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/tool/delegate-model.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/tool/delegate-model.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/subagents.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/subagents.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`
- **#80045: fix(desktop): treat timeout/error as terminal subagent statuses so spinner stops (#80018)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86592`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #86592 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-15`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`