# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban triage auto-decompose default and opt-out controls

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #109453: \[Bug\]: kanban.auto_decompose defaults to true - any card parked in triage by automation is rewritten and spawned within one tick, no per-card opt-out
- PR #109466: fix(kanban): make auto-decompose opt-in
- PR #138621: Add per-task Kanban triage decomposition opt-out

These three members all concern Kanban's auto-decompose behavior for cards in triage. One reports that the setting defaults to true with no per-card opt-out, one proposes making it opt-in, and one proposes a per-task opt-out; their status is not stated here.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #109453: \[Bug\]: kanban.auto_decompose defaults to true - any card parked in triage by automation is rewritten and spawned within one tick, no per-card opt-out

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#109466: fix(kanban): make auto-decompose opt-in**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `94d8adce4660267a9eab2c30d3bcf6afa5251598`
  - files: `gateway/kanban_watchers_common.py`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_diagnostics.py`, `plugins/kanban/dashboard/plugin_api.py`, `tests/gateway/test_kanban_auto_decompose_live.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_diagnostics.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/kanban.md`, `website/i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/user-guide/features/kanban.md`
- **#138621: Add per-task Kanban triage decomposition opt-out**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `gateway/kanban_watchers_dispatcher.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_db_connect.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_decompose.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_output.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_parser.py`, `plugins/kanban/dashboard/plugin_api.py`, `tools/kanban_tools.py`, `tools/kanban_tools_schemas.py`

## Fix status

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