# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Sequential tool execution hang and deadline fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where a hung sequential tool call has no deadline, causing the entire agent turn to stall indefinitely. The work focuses on containing and recovering from this condition.

## 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 #86311. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #86311 (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-86311`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #84719: Sequential tool calls have no deadline — a hung single tool call wedges the turn until process restart

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86311: fix(agent): bound sequential tool calls — salvage #84795 + timeouts.tools.sequential_call (#85125 2a)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/tool_executor.py`, `cli-config.yaml.example`, `model_tools.py`, `tests/agent/test_deadline.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_sequential_tool_timeout.py`
- **#84795: fix(agent): recover turns when sequential tools hang**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86311`, `#85125`, `#84719`
- **#85784: fix(agent): contain hung sequential tool execution**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86311`, `#84795`, `#84719`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #86311 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-14`.
- Subsystem: `agent`