NousResearch/hermes-agent

Kanban orphan worker cleanup after task completion

Cluster 111791. Data as of 2026-10-26 12:29 UTC

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #112270 on 16 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These issues and PRs concern kanban workers that become orphaned when a task finishes and their state.db sidecar is deleted, leaving them unrecoverable by normal commands. The work addresses detecting and reaping such terminal orphan workers during subsequent dispatch cycles.

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#112270 fix(kanban): workers that outlive their finished run are reaped on the next dispatch tick (#111791, slim redo of #111798)

merged to main

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

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1

#111798 fix(kanban): reap terminal orphan workers · merged via another change → bd63866, #112270

Closed issues · 1

Closed#111791kanban worker orphaned on task completion holds a deleted state.db sidecar — no official command can reclaim it

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Merged PRs: #112270
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 1 PR closed without merging
Fix link checked: 16 Sep 2026

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