# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Inverted boolean bug in stdio MCP liveness check

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was identified where \`_stdio_children_dead()\` returned an inverted boolean, causing stdio MCP tools to incorrectly report child processes as dead. The members include the bug report and two fixes addressing this inversion.

## 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 #94339. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #94339 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #95270: Bug: _stdio_children_dead() returns inverted result — all stdio MCP tools fail-fast falsely

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#94339: fix(mcp): un-invert the stdio children liveness check**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_mcp_stdio_children_dead.py`, `tools/mcp_tool.py`
- **#95272: fix(mcp): correct inverted return value in _stdio_children_dead**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#94339`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #94339 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-27`.