# NousResearch/hermes-agent · watch_patterns notifications capped or over-firing

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where watch_patterns on background processes triggers notifications too frequently, stalling the event loop, alongside fixes that introduce or adjust a lifetime cap on how many times those notifications can fire.

## 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 #93670. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #93670 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #93513: watch_patterns on background processes repeatedly triggers full-context turns, stalling the event loop and detaching desktop sessions

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#93670: fix(terminal): watch_patterns notifications hit a lifetime cap instead of firing forever (#93513, salvage #93532)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_watch_patterns.py`, `tools/process_registry.py`, `tools/terminal_tool.py`
- **#93532: fix(terminal): cap watch_patterns notifications over a process's lifetime**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#93670`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #93670 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-24`.