# NousResearch/hermes-agent · macOS watchdog false-kills backends on timezone drift

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where the macOS parent-death watchdog incorrectly interprets timezone or DST-related drift in the ps process marker as evidence of parent death, causing live backends to be orphaned. The fixes make the watchdog treat such drift as inconclusive rather than fatal.

## 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 #103172. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #103172 (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-103172`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #95693: \[Bug\]: macOS — parent-death watchdog orphans every backend after a TZ change; DST on Oct 25 hits all EU users

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#103172: fix(desktop): macOS parent-death watchdog treats ps: marker drift as inconclusive**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/web_server_lifecycle.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_serve_parent_watchdog.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_serve_parent_watchdog_live_macos.py`
- **#95704: fix(desktop): don't kill a live macOS backend on parent-marker timezone drift**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#103172`, `#95704`, `#93990`, `#98132`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #103172 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-05`.