# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Docker container cleanup timing and lifecycle issues

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a race condition in Docker where per-process cleanup threads may exit after stopping but before removing containers, and where detached containers may be incorrectly removed at exit rather than left behind.

## 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 #103728. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #103728 (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-103728`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #86317: Docker per-process cleanup can exit after stop but before rm, leaving stopped containers

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#103728: docker: reaper-detached containers are removed at exit instead of left behind (#86317, salvage #86344)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_docker_teardown_drain.py`, `tools/environments/docker.py`, `tools/terminal_tool.py`
- **#86344: fix(docker): retain container-teardown threads across registry detachment (#86317)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `84b70e473e`, `#86317`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #103728 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-05`.
- Subsystem: `environments`