# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop SSH remote boot instability on slow hosts

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern instability when booting remote SSH backends on slow hosts, specifically around a hardcoded ready timeout and cleanup logic that can tear down the shared ControlMaster, creating a problematic cycle. The group also touches on dropping stale pooled remote backends.

## 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 #128417. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #128417 (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-128417`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #97264: Desktop SSH boot instability on slow hosts: hardcoded 45s ready timeout + failed-attempt cleanup kills the shared ControlMaster (vicious cycle)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#128417: fix(desktop): drop dead pooled remote backends and tolerate slow remote cold boots**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/remote-lifecycle.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/remote-lifecycle.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/remote-liveness.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/remote-liveness.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/windows-remote-lifecycle.ts`
- **#97392: fix(desktop): remote SSH boot instability on slow hosts (ready timeout + shared master teardown)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `8ab08968f`, `#97264`, `#100040`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #128417 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-30`.