# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Orphaned delegation and subagent visibility fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address bugs where in-flight async delegations become orphaned (due to dead owners or renderer reloads) and are never retried or surfaced. Also included are corrections for subagent listing, titles, and \`failed\` delegation display in the Agents panel.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #122304. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #122304 (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-121102`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #97202: \[Bug\]: Renderer reload orphans in-flight async delegations — error state never retried or surfaced

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121102: fix(delegation): re-offer completions orphaned by a dead owner while the process runs**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/run_notifications.py`, `tests/tools/test_async_delegation_orphan_sweep.py`, `tools/async_delegation.py`, `tui_gateway/session_notifications.py`
- **#122304: fix(sessions,desktop): show_subagents setting, subagent titles, and failed delegations in subagent.list and the Agents panel**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/title_generator.py`, `agent/turn_context.py`, `apps/desktop/src/app/agents/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/status-stack/use-subagent-snapshot.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/subagents.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/subagents.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.generated.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.openrpc.json`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/session_listing.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/profiles.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/sessions.py`, `hermes_state_sessions.py`, `tests/agent/test_turn_context.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_profiles_sidebar_scope.py`, `tests/hermes_state/test_show_subagents_listing.py`, `tests/tools/test_async_delegation_failed_surface.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_subagent_snapshot.py`, `tools/async_delegation.py`, `tui_gateway/contracts/profiles_vault_complete_foreign_subagents.py` (+2 more)

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #122304 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-27`.