# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gate kanban notifier polling behind config flag

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where the kanban notifier runs an unconditional polling tick in environments where it should be disabled, and introduce a configuration gate to suppress it when appropriate.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #110226. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #110226 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #108549: \[Bug\]: kanban notifier has no config gate, unlike the dispatcher in its own startup tuple — a permanent 5s tick in every non-native HERMES_HOME

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#110226: fix(cron,kanban): multiplex secret scope for auto-decompose and worker spawn, notifier gate, MCP zero-tool block (#109050, salvage #107955 #109494 #108555)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `cron/scheduler.py`, `cron/scheduler_preflight.py`, `gateway/kanban_watchers.py`, `gateway/kanban_watchers_dispatcher.py`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_db_dispatch.py`, `tests/cron/test_cron_mcp_toolset_empty_block.py`, `tests/gateway/test_kanban_auto_decompose_secret_scope.py`, `tests/gateway/test_kanban_notifier_watcher_dispatch_gate.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_worker_spawn_toolsets.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/kanban.md`
- **#108555: fix(kanban): let idle profile gateways stop notifier polling**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `05a40c51c250`, `2710d859144c`, `#110226`, `#108565`, `#108549`
- **#108565: fix(kanban): gate the notifier watcher with kanban.notify_in_gateway**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `05a40c51c250`, `2710d859144c`, `#110226`, `#108555`, `#108549`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #110226 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-13`.