# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Remote backend cold-start timeout and pool fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address timeout handling and connection pooling for remote backends during cold starts, particularly on busy or slow hosts. The changes aim to make the desktop client more tolerant of delayed remote backend startup.

## 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 #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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #94642: fix(desktop): cold-start-tolerant timeouts for remote backend connect on busy hosts

## 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`
- **#94665: fix(desktop): cold-start-tolerant timeouts for remote backend connections**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

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