# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway turn-lease timeout fail-closed fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address a bug where a session turn lease timeout in the gateway fails open, risking concurrent transcript writes, and introduce a fix to fail closed instead.

## 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 #81029. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #81029 (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-81029`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #80375: \[Bug\]: Gateway turn-lease timeout fails open and reintroduces concurrent transcript writes

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#81029: fix(gateway): fail closed when a session turn lease times out (#80375 salvage of #80376)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cli-config.yaml.example`, `gateway/run.py`, `gateway/turn_lease.py`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `tests/gateway/test_config_env_bridge_authority.py`, `tests/gateway/test_turn_lease.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`
- **#80376: fix(gateway): fail closed when a session turn lease times out**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#81029`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #81029 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-07`.