NousResearch/hermes-agent

Kanban stop-nudge incorrectly sent to delegated children

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #112194 on 16 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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A bug where delegate_task child agents inherit the HERMES_KANBAN_TASK flag and receive kanban worker stop-nudges for tasks they are not responsible for completing. The associated fixes aim to prevent these inappropriate nudges in delegated children and in-process cron runs.

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  • #112194 fix(kanban): delegate_task children and in-process cron runs no longer get the worker stop-nudge (#111891, part of #87671, salvage #84656 #109735)

    merged to main

    files: agent/kanban_stop.py, contributors/emails/[redacted:email], contributors/emails/[redacted:email], contributors/emails/[redacted:email], tests/agent/test_kanban_stop.py, tests/tools/test_delegate_output_schema.py, tools/delegate_tool_child_run.py, website/docs/user-guide/features/kanban.md

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From the close comments: merged via another change 1

  • #111892 fix(agent): avoid kanban nudges in delegated children · merged via another change → 4c4d545, #112194
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#111891# [Bug]: delegate_task children inherit HERMES_KANBAN_TASK and get the kanban stop-nudge for a task they cannot complete
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16 Sep 2026

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