# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Dead pooled remote backend cleanup and liveness fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where dead pooled remote backend descriptors are not dropped, and related fixes adjusting failure window timing and cold boot tolerance for desktop remote backends.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #128417. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #128417 (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-128417`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #94381: \[Bug\]: Desktop: pooled remote backend descriptor never dropped — liveness failure window (60s) shorter than revalidation tick (~4min), stuck at (1/3)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#128417: fix(desktop): drop dead pooled remote backends and tolerate slow remote cold boots**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/remote-lifecycle.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/remote-lifecycle.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/remote-liveness.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/remote-liveness.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/windows-remote-lifecycle.ts`
- **#94416: fix(desktop): drop dead pooled remote backends with a cadence-sized failure window**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
- **#94422: fix(desktop): retire dead pooled remote backend descriptors (#94381)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#94416`, `#94381`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #128417 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-30`.