# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Slack Socket Mode zombie session reconnect handling

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #85574: Slack Socket Mode watchdog can't self-heal a zombie aiohttp session — reconnect reuses the same broken client
- PR #85660: fix(slack): rebuild AsyncApp and clients on Socket Mode watchdog restart

These items concern a scenario where the Socket Mode watchdog cannot recover from a broken or closed aiohttp session because reconnection reuses the same defunct client. The proposed fixes involve rebuilding the AsyncApp and its clients rather than reusing the existing broken ones.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #85574: Slack Socket Mode watchdog can't self-heal a zombie aiohttp session — reconnect reuses the same broken client

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#85660: fix(slack): rebuild AsyncApp and clients on Socket Mode watchdog restart**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#96113`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/slack/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slack_socket_reconnect_heal.py`
- **#96113: fix(slack): escalate closed-session Socket Mode wedge to adapter rebuild**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#85660`, `#95516`, `#95527`, `#96069`, `#85574`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `gateway`