NousResearch/hermes-agent

Gateway livelock after commit-fence cancellation fixes

Cluster 96953. Data as of 2026-10-24 04:06 UTC

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #99514 on 31 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These issues and pull requests address a livelock condition in the gateway where session-hygiene retries and compression commit-fence cancellations interact to leave the gateway unresponsive. Multiple fix attempts and salvage PRs are included, targeting the turn-hold bound and summary stopping behavior.

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#92318 fix(gateway): bound the hygiene-compression turn-hold (salvage of #90845)

merged to main

files: agent/session_activity.py, gateway/run.py, hermes_cli/config_defaults.py, locales/af.yaml, locales/ar.yaml, locales/de.yaml, locales/en.yaml, locales/es.yaml, locales/fr.yaml, locales/ga.yaml, locales/hu.yaml, locales/it.yaml, locales/ja.yaml, locales/ko.yaml, locales/pt.yaml, locales/ru.yaml, locales/tr.yaml, locales/uk.yaml, locales/zh-hant.yaml, locales/zh.yaml (+2 more)
#99514 fix(gateway): stop hygiene retry livelock after commit-fence cancel (salvage #96967)

merged to main

files: gateway/run.py, tests/gateway/test_compression_in_flight_check.py, tests/gateway/test_hygiene_failure_cooldown_ladder.py, tests/gateway/test_session_hygiene.py

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1 · other 1

#96967 fix(gateway): stop hygiene retry livelock after commit-fence cancel (#96953) · merged via another change → 880a948, d2e178c, 26f178e, #99514, #92318, #97488
#97064 fix(compression): stop the summary when the commit fence is cancelled (#96953) · other

Closed issues · 1

Closed#96953[Bug]: Compression commit-fence cancellation + session-hygiene retry livelock — gateway unresponsive ~30 min after /restart on large sessions

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Merged PRs: #92318, #99514
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 2 PRs closed without merging
Fix link checked: 31 Aug 2026

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