# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows serve watchdog prematurely kills healthy backends

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the Windows Desktop serve parent-death watchdog exits immediately on uv trampoline virtual environments, preventing the backend from becoming ready. The associated fixes attempt to ensure the watchdog confirms actual parent death before self-terminating.

## 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 #83615. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #83615 (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: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #83555: \[Bug\] Windows Desktop: serve parent-death watchdog self-exits instantly on uv trampoline venvs — backend never becomes ready

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#83615: fix(desktop): stop the Windows serve watchdog from killing healthy backends (salvage #83556)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_serve_parent_watchdog.py`
- **#83611: fix(desktop): confirm parent death before the serve watchdog self-reaps (#83555)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `1edfdeee81`, `a9a0648f4`, `#83556`, `#83615`, `#83555`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #83615 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-11`.