# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Orphaned backend processes after Desktop exit

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where Hermes Desktop leaves behind orphaned serve, watchdog, and daemon processes after exit or update, along with related fixes to ensure backend processes terminate when their Desktop parent dies.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #107977. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #107977 (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-107977`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #80204: \[Bug\]: Hermes Desktop leaves orphaned \`hermes serve\`, MCP watchdog, and daemon Python processes after exit/update

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#107977: fix(serve): the backend exits when its Desktop parent dies instead of living forever (#80204, salvage #106656)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/web_server_lifecycle.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_serve_parent_watchdog.py`
- **#80330: fix(serve): headless backend exits when the desktop parent dies (#80204)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `353018e91`, `#73066`, `#78873`
- **#106656: fix(serve): ensure parent-death watchdog detects exited Desktop parent (#80204)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `1bfd6a4c33`, `#107977`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #107977 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-11`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`