Kanban archived-board resurrection bugs and fixes

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• #20183 fix(kanban): ignore stale current board pointers (salvages #20063)

  merged to main

  files: hermes_cli/kanban_db.py, scripts/release.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_boards.py

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  • hermes_cli/kanban_db.py

    @@ -190,12 +190,12 @@ def get_current_board() -> str:
         1. ``HERMES_KANBAN_BOARD`` env var (set by the dispatcher on worker
            spawn, or manually for ad-hoc overrides).
         2. ``<root>/kanban/current`` on disk (set by ``hermes kanban boards
    -       switch``).
    +       switch``), but only when that board still exists.
         3. ``DEFAULT_BOARD`` (``"default"``).
     
    -    A malformed slug at any step falls through to the next layer with a
    -    best-effort warning — the dispatcher must never crash because a user
    -    hand-edited a file.
    +    A malformed or stale slug at any step falls through to the next layer
    +    with a best-effort warning — the dispatcher must never crash because a
    +    user hand-edited a file or removed a board directory.
         """
         env = os.environ.get("HERMES_KANBAN_BOARD", "").strip()
         if env:
    @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ def get_current_board() -> str:
                 if val:
                     try:
                         normed = _normalize_board_slug(val)
    -                    if normed:
    +                    if normed and board_exists(normed):
                             return normed
                     except ValueError:
                         pass

  • scripts/release.py

    @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
         # Curator fixes (Apr 30 2026)
         "[redacted:email]": "y0shua1ee",
         "[redacted:email]": "0xDevNinja",
    +    "[redacted:email]": "steezkelly",
         "[redacted:email]": "heyitsaamir",
         "[redacted:email]": "johnncenae",
         "[redacted:email]": "ThomassJonax",

  • tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_boards.py

    @@ -160,6 +160,15 @@ def test_file_pointer_honoured(self, fresh_home):
             kb.set_current_board("filepick")
             assert kb.get_current_board() == "filepick"
     
    +    def test_stale_file_pointer_falls_back_to_default(self, fresh_home):
    +        current = fresh_home / "kanban" / "current"
    +        current.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    +        current.write_text("missing-board\n", encoding="utf-8")
    +
    +        assert kb.get_current_board() == "default"
    +        assert not kb.board_exists("missing-board")
    +        assert [b["slug"] for b in kb.list_boards()] == ["default"]
    +
         def test_env_beats_file(self, fresh_home, monkeypatch):
             kb.create_board("a")
             kb.create_board("b")

• #28366 fix(kanban): clear _INITIALIZED_PATHS in remove_board so recycled DBs re-init schema (#23852)

  merged to main

  files: hermes_cli/kanban_db.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_boards.py

• #133995 fix(kanban): read/watch paths no longer resurrect archived or deleted boards (#43243)

  merged to main

  files: hermes_cli/kanban_boards.py, hermes_cli/kanban_db.py, hermes_cli/kanban_db_boards.py, hermes_cli/kanban_db_connect.py, plugins/kanban/dashboard/plugin_api.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_boards.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_core_functionality.py, tests/plugins/test_kanban_board_lifecycle_api.py, tests/plugins/test_kanban_dashboard_plugin.py