# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Concurrent auxiliary client cache collision bug fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #96491: \[Bug\] Concurrent same-key auxiliary calls: _store_cached_client closes in-flight client → compression fails with spurious Connection error
- PR #96509: fix(auxiliary): stop concurrent calls from aborting in-flight streams

A bug where concurrent auxiliary calls sharing the same cache key could cause in-flight clients or streams to be incorrectly closed, leading to spurious connection or compression errors. These items address identifying and fixing that race condition.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Open related issues

- #96491: \[Bug\] Concurrent same-key auxiliary calls: _store_cached_client closes in-flight client → compression fails with spurious Connection error

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#96509: fix(auxiliary): stop concurrent calls from aborting in-flight streams**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `a0d9f9e081`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `tests/agent/test_auxiliary_cache_replacement.py`
- **#96613: fix(auxiliary_client): stop closing in-flight clients on cache key collision (#96491)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#96830`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`