NousResearch/hermes-agent

Kanban stale-claim reclaim and failure counter fix

Cluster 111306. Data as of 2026-10-26 12:29 UTC

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #111446 on 15 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items address a bug where automatic stale-claim reclaims in the kanban system did not advance the consecutive_failures counter, allowing a claim-without-spawn scenario to spin indefinitely. The fix ensures such claims correctly trip the failure breaker rather than looping forever.

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#111446 fix(kanban): a claim that never spawns a worker trips the failure breaker instead of reclaiming forever (#111306, salvage #111319)

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files: hermes_cli/kanban_db.py, hermes_cli/kanban_db_dispatch.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_db.py, website/docs/user-guide/features/kanban.md

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: superseded by another PR 1

#111319 fix(kanban): stale-claim reclaim advances consecutive_failures · superseded by another PR → #35212

Closed issues · 1

Closed#111306kanban: an automatic stale-claim reclaim never advances consecutive_failures, so a claim-without-spawn can spin forever

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Merged PRs: #111446
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 1 PR closed without merging
Fix link checked: 15 Sep 2026

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