# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban blocked status lost on board reads

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #109378: fix(kanban): preserve blocked state during board reads

A bug where cards set to blocked status are incorrectly promoted back to an unblocked state whenever the board is read, without requiring a dispatcher tick. The members address preserving the blocked/initial-status gate through board reads and dispatcher cycles.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #109334. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #109334 (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-109334`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #109260: \[Bug\]: kanban \`--initial-status blocked\` is undone by any board read — \`hermes kanban list\` promotes the card in ~1 s, no dispatcher tick needed

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#109334: fix(kanban): initial_status=blocked gates survive board reads and dispatcher ticks (#109260, salvage #108170)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_blocked_sticky.py`
- **#109378: fix(kanban): preserve blocked state during board reads**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#110753`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_read_reconciliation.py`, `tools/kanban_tools.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/kanban.md`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #109334 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-13`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`