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bash parses `A && B &` with `&&` tighter than `&`, so it forks a subshell
for the compound and backgrounds the subshell. Inside the subshell, B
runs foreground, so the subshell waits for B. When B is a process that
doesn't naturally exit (`python3 -m http.server`, `yes > /dev/null`, a
long-running daemon), the subshell is stuck in `wait4` forever and leaks
as an orphan reparented to init.
Observed in production: agents running `cd X && python3 -m http.server
8000 &>/dev/null & sleep 1 && curl ...` as a "start a local server, then
verify it" one-liner. Outer bash exits cleanly; the subshell never does.
Across ~3 days of use, 8 unique stuck-terminal events and 7 leaked
bash+server pairs accumulated on the fleet, with some sessions appearing
hung from the user's perspective because the subshell's open stdout pipe
kept the terminal tool's drain thread blocked.
This is distinct from the `set +m` fix in
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| .. | ||
| acp | ||
| agent | ||
| cli | ||
| cron | ||
| e2e | ||
| environments/benchmarks | ||
| fakes | ||
| gateway | ||
| hermes_cli | ||
| honcho_plugin | ||
| integration | ||
| plugins | ||
| run_agent | ||
| skills | ||
| tools | ||
| tui_gateway | ||
| __init__.py | ||
| conftest.py | ||
| run_interrupt_test.py | ||
| test_batch_runner_checkpoint.py | ||
| test_cli_file_drop.py | ||
| test_cli_skin_integration.py | ||
| test_ctx_halving_fix.py | ||
| test_empty_model_fallback.py | ||
| test_evidence_store.py | ||
| test_hermes_constants.py | ||
| test_hermes_logging.py | ||
| test_hermes_state.py | ||
| test_honcho_client_config.py | ||
| test_ipv4_preference.py | ||
| test_mcp_serve.py | ||
| test_mini_swe_runner.py | ||
| test_minisweagent_path.py | ||
| test_model_picker_scroll.py | ||
| test_model_tools.py | ||
| test_model_tools_async_bridge.py | ||
| test_ollama_num_ctx.py | ||
| test_packaging_metadata.py | ||
| test_plugin_skills.py | ||
| test_project_metadata.py | ||
| test_retry_utils.py | ||
| test_sql_injection.py | ||
| test_subprocess_home_isolation.py | ||
| test_timezone.py | ||
| test_toolset_distributions.py | ||
| test_toolsets.py | ||
| test_trajectory_compressor.py | ||
| test_trajectory_compressor_async.py | ||
| test_tui_gateway_server.py | ||
| test_utils_truthy_values.py | ||