# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban circuit-breaker and budget routing fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address bugs where Kanban workers incorrectly triggered circuit-breaker strikes or misrouted budget-exhausted tasks, and a fix allowing checkpointing before tool access expires.

## 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 #104900. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #104900 (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-104900`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #104782: \[Bug\]: kanban_complete unreachable during handle_max_iterations' toolless summary call — false circuit-breaker strike on finished work

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#104900: fix: Kanban workers can checkpoint before tool access expires (#104782, #104674)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/agent_init.py`, `agent/iteration_budget.py`, `agent/tool_executor.py`, `agent/turn_context.py`, `agent/turn_iteration_prep.py`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `tests/agent/test_iteration_budget_warning.py`, `tests/agent/test_kanban_budget_checkpoint.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/kanban.md`
- **#104975: fix(kanban): budget exhaustion with real worktree work routes to review**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#104900`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #104900 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-07`.