# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban auto-decompose blocking dispatch cycle fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #106985: Kanban dispatcher's auto_decompose tick blocks the entire dispatch cycle synchronously
- PR #106998: fix(kanban): run auto-decompose as a background task so a slow triage decompose can't starve ready-task spawns

These items address a problem where the auto-decompose tick in the Kanban dispatcher runs synchronously, blocking ready-task spawns. The proposed fixes involve running auto-decompose as a background task to prevent slow triage decomposition from starving other dispatch operations.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #106985: Kanban dispatcher's auto_decompose tick blocks the entire dispatch cycle synchronously

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#106990: fix(kanban): do not block ready spawn on auto-decompose**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#106985`, `#106998`
- **#106998: fix(kanban): run auto-decompose as a background task so a slow triage decompose can't starve ready-task spawns**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `3bc53051d9726806f3a964e7fbc767cf5f45c0f5`, `fad7cfca422e68cc30be7527d5bff7c5cfefbcfe`, `#106985`, `#106990`, `#31363`, `#49638`
  - files: `gateway/kanban_watchers.py`, `tests/gateway/test_kanban_dispatcher_ad_nonblocking.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_core_functionality.py`

## Fix status

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