# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix peer DM timeout via HTTP client swap

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #97769: Bug: \`hermes peer dm\` times out against Windows peer gateway — http.client vs aiohttp /chat incompatibility
- PR #97855: fix(peer): keep remote DM turns alive over SSE

These items address a timeout bug in peer DM over SSE, traced to an incompatibility between http.client/aiohttp and the peer gateway on Windows. The fix involves switching to httpx and keeping remote DM turns alive.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #97769: Bug: \`hermes peer dm\` times out against Windows peer gateway — http.client vs aiohttp /chat incompatibility

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#97855: fix(peer): keep remote DM turns alive over SSE**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/subcommands/peer.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_peer_cmd.py`
- **#99186: fix(peer): use httpx for peer dm to fix Windows aiohttp timeout**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#97769`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`