# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Delegate task sync fallback wedging bug fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where the synchronous delegate_task fallback mechanism wedges or stalls after a child agent completes, along with a related fix to skip automatic background reviews inside delegation subagents.

## 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 #86877. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #86877 (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-86877`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #86632: cron: synchronous delegate_task fallback (post-#66617) wedges after child completes normally

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86877: fix(delegate): cron synchronous delegate_task fallback no longer wedges after the child completes**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `run_agent.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_background_review.py`, `tests/tools/test_delegate_cron_sync_fallback.py`
- **#85881: fix(agent): skip the automatic background review inside delegation subagents**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `ece3bc7d5`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #86877 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-15`.
- Subsystem: `agent`