# NousResearch/hermes-agent · A2A long-running tasks with non-blocking polling

## Open now

- 1 issue, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- #91687: \[Feature\]: A2A long jobs should return a task id
- PR #91688: feat(a2a): return a task id for long-running peer work
- PR #94880: feat(a2a): add non-blocking task polling
- PR #134286: fix(a2a): park long jobs past the reply window instead of failing them

These items concern adding task ID returns and non-blocking polling support for long-running A2A peer work. The theme is consistent across a feature request and two implementation-oriented contributions.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 3 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #91687: \[Feature\]: A2A long jobs should return a task id

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#91688: feat(a2a): return a task id for long-running peer work**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#91688`, `#91688`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/a2a/DESIGN.md`, `plugins/platforms/a2a/README.md`, `plugins/platforms/a2a/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/a2a/plugin.yaml`, `plugins/platforms/a2a/protocol.py`, `plugins/platforms/a2a/tools.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_deferred_platform_client_tools.py`, `tests/plugins/test_a2a_async_tasks.py`, `tests/plugins/test_a2a_plugin.py`, `tests/plugins/test_a2a_tools_gate.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/a2a.md`
- **#94880: feat(a2a): add non-blocking task polling**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `960a2581e635346e3b6b197c2ba3d5a33ef27f1e`, `#91688`, `#91688`, `#94880`, `#91688`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/a2a/DESIGN.md`, `plugins/platforms/a2a/README.md`, `plugins/platforms/a2a/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/a2a/plugin.yaml`, `plugins/platforms/a2a/protocol.py`, `plugins/platforms/a2a/tools.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_deferred_platform_client_tools.py`, `tests/plugins/test_a2a_background_input_identity.py`, `tests/plugins/test_a2a_long_tasks.py`, `tests/plugins/test_a2a_phase23.py`, `tests/plugins/test_a2a_plugin.py`, `tests/plugins/test_a2a_tools_gate.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/a2a.md`
- **#134286: fix(a2a): park long jobs past the reply window instead of failing them**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `dbb24bd6ed`, `114cc4e3f2`, `#141947`, `#1`, `#2`
  - files: `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.generated.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.openrpc.json`, `gateway/session_a2a.py`, `gateway/session_controls.py`, `plugins/platforms/a2a/DESIGN.md`, `plugins/platforms/a2a/README.md`, `plugins/platforms/a2a/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/a2a/protocol.py`, `plugins/platforms/a2a/tools.py`, `tests/gateway/test_session_a2a.py`, `tests/plugins/test_a2a_phase23.py`, `tests/plugins/test_a2a_plugin.py`, `tui_gateway/contracts/canonical.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/a2a.md`

## Fix status

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