# NousResearch/hermes-agent · WS orphan reaper scheduling fix during active turns

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where the WebSocket orphan reaper fails to reschedule itself when a session is mid-turn, leaving sessions permanently unreapable. The work covers the reaper loop, reconnect behavior, and owner-routed RPCs to prevent stranded or storm sessions.

## 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 #93361. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #93361 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #85578: tui_gateway: WS-orphan reaper never reschedules for a mid-turn session, leaving it permanently unreapable (v0.20.0)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#93361: fix(sessions): reconnect no longer strands or storms sessions — reap loop broken, owner-routed RPCs (8 salvages, #91276 cluster)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/profile-session-routing.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/profile-session-routing.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/session-tile.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/session-tile.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-session-tile-delegate.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-session-tile-delegate.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/wiring.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/gateway/hooks/use-gateway-boot.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/gateway/hooks/use-gateway-boot.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/index.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/resolve-target-session.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/single-flight-resume.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/single-flight-resume.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/submit.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/utils.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/tool/approval.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway-connection-lifecycle.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway.ts` (+18 more)
- **#85598: fix(tui): reschedule WS orphan reap while a turn is still running**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#93361`, `#85578`, `#90373`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #93361 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-24`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`