# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Remote kernel reuse and stale tool stubs issue

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where remote session kernels were being reused across different sandbox tool sets, causing stale hermes_tools stubs after capability changes. The work involves keying remote kernels by their tool set to prevent incorrect reuse.

## 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 #103668. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #103668 (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-103668`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #97263: Remote session kernels reuse stale hermes_tools stubs after capability changes

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#103668: fix(code-execution): a remote kernel is not reused across different sandbox tool sets — no more stale hermes_tools stubs (#97263, salvage #97265)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/tools/test_code_kernel_remote.py`, `tools/code_kernel_remote.py`
- **#97265: fix(code-execution): key remote kernels by tool set**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `7b8cf4c631`, `#103668`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #103668 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-05`.