# NousResearch/hermes-agent · SDK GIL-holding transform blocks Codex agent requests

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a freeze or hang caused by the SDK's maybe_transform function holding the Python GIL during request transformation for Codex payloads. A fix routes Codex payloads around this transform to avoid the blockage.

## 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 #93773. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #93773 (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-93773`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #93650: Agent-wide freeze: SDK maybe_transform can wedge for hours holding the GIL before the request is sent (codex_responses)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#93773: fix: route codex payloads around the SDK's GIL-holding request transform (#93650)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `agent/codex_runtime.py`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/agent/test_auxiliary_client.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_codex_sdk_transform_bypass.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_native_compaction.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_run_agent_codex_responses.py`
- **#93681: fix: route codex payloads around the SDK's GIL-holding request transform (#93650)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#93773`, `#93650`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #93773 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-24`.