# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban stale-claim reclaim and failure counter fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

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.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #111446. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #111446 (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-111446`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

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

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#111446: fix(kanban): a claim that never spawns a worker trips the failure breaker instead of reclaiming forever (#111306, salvage #111319)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - 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`
- **#111319: fix(kanban): stale-claim reclaim advances consecutive_failures**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#35212`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #111446 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-15`.