# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban worker termination on task state transitions

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #102423: fix(kanban): schedule/block on a running task silently double-spawns workers — clears claim without stopping or checking the live worker
- PR #102600: fix(kanban): terminate live worker on schedule_task and block_task transitions (#102423)
- PR #124775: fix(kanban): terminate live worker when block/schedule reclaims a running card

These items address a bug where scheduling or blocking a running kanban task fails to stop the live worker, potentially causing duplicate worker spawning. The fix involves terminating the live worker when a card transitions via block or schedule operations.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #102423: fix(kanban): schedule/block on a running task silently double-spawns workers — clears claim without stopping or checking the live worker

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#102600: fix(kanban): terminate live worker on schedule_task and block_task transitions (#102423)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#102524`, `#102423`, `#31365`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_worker_termination.py`
- **#124775: fix(kanban): terminate live worker when block/schedule reclaims a running card**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `dc220a4b7061a4438d79b744779d732c26b67267`, `28e6496a5e3adfea57bebfc9571b981bff378523`, `30592c1c68bf4fdd25541a9c030123dd13750e9e`, `#102600`, `#102423`, `#102423`, `#102600`, `#102600`, `#102524`, `#31365`, `#106437`, `#42858`, `#100613`, `#76196`, `#99558`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_block_schedule_worker_term.py`

## Fix status

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