NousResearch/hermes-agent

Kanban blocked-status gate preservation bug fixes

Cluster 107398. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #109334 on 13 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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A fix was merged to main in PR #109334. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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These issues and PRs address a bug where tasks created with initial_status=blocked have their block incorrectly cleared when parent tasks finish or during board reads and dispatcher ticks, undermining block-based human-in-the-loop containment.

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  • #109334 fix(kanban): initial_status=blocked gates survive board reads and dispatcher ticks (#109260, salvage #108170)

    merged to main

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

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1 · superseded by another PR 1

  • #107408 fix(kanban): hold initial_status=blocked cards when parents finish · superseded by another PR → #34735, #107398, #39609
  • #108170 fix(kanban): preserve sticky block on tasks created with initial_status=blocked (#107398) · merged via another change → ad0398e, #109334
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#107398kanban: parent-gating promotes 'blocked' human-gate cards to 'ready' (defeats block-based human-in-the-loop containment)
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  • Pairwise link density 0.50: the share of item 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.

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Merged PRs
#109334
Closed issues
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2 PRs closed without merging
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13 Sep 2026

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