# NousResearch/hermes-agent · UI freeze when default provider is unreachable

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes concern the desktop UI appearing frozen when the default or custom provider endpoint is unreachable, related to backend event loop stalls, GIL pressure, and connection timeout behavior on picker open.

## 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 #106613. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #106613 (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-106613`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #81123: Desktop UI appears frozen when default provider unreachable — backend event loop stalls 10s+ (GIL pressure), ws frames in flight

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#106613: fix(models): unreachable custom endpoint stops re-paying connect timeouts on every picker open (#81123, salvage #102364)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/models.py`, `tests/agent/test_custom_provider_ca_probes.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_cached_fetch_api_models.py`
- **#102364: fix: Desktop UI appears frozen when default provider unreachable — backend event loop stalls 10s+ (GIL pressure), ws frames in flight (#81123)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `e2bd4002331580faf7f85b0656150c0d14faa59f`, `#106613`, `#81123`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #106613 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-09`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`