# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway livelock after commit-fence cancellation fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

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.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #99514. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #99514 (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-99514`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

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

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#92318: fix(gateway): bound the hygiene-compression turn-hold (salvage of #90845)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - 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 · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - 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`
- **#96967: fix(gateway): stop hygiene retry livelock after commit-fence cancel (#96953)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `880a948dff`, `d2e178cd96`, `26f178e5fa`, `#99514`, `#92318`, `#97488`
- **#97064: fix(compression): stop the summary when the commit fence is cancelled (#96953)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #99514 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-31`.