# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban stop-nudge incorrectly sent to delegated children

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

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.

## 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 #112194. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #112194 (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-112194`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #111891: # \[Bug\]: delegate_task children inherit HERMES_KANBAN_TASK and get the kanban stop-nudge for a task they cannot complete

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#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 · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - 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`
- **#111892: fix(agent): avoid kanban nudges in delegated children**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `4c4d54554d`, `#112194`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #112194 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-16`.