# NousResearch/hermes-agent · CLI deadlock on stalled or interrupted streams

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug report and associated fix addressing CLI deadlocks and terminal UI corruption that occur when provider streams stall or are interrupted mid-stream. The fix targets empty-stream interrupt handling in the streaming layer.

## 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 #86657. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #86657 (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-86657`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #81521: \[Bug\]: CLI deadlocks and terminal UI corrupts when provider stream stalls — regression in 2026.8.3 retry/relay machinery

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86657: fix(streaming): prevent CLI deadlock on empty-stream interrupt (#81521)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/chat_completion_helpers.py`, `agent/relay_runtime.py`, `cli.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_relay_shared_metrics_runtime.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_terminal_io_broken_81521.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_stream_interrupt_retry.py`
- **#81601: fix(streaming): prevent CLI deadlock on empty-stream interrupt (#81521)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86657`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #86657 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-15`.
- Subsystem: `gateway/relay`