# NousResearch/hermes-agent · kanban_link silent failure when child already claimed

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where kanban_link reports success but has no effect when a child task is already claimed, allowing it to run concurrently with a newly added parent. The work addresses detection, refusal, and error reporting for this case.

## 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 #114786. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114786 (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-114786`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #113374: kanban_link reports success for an edge added while the child is being claimed — the link silently has no effect and the card runs concurrently with its new parent

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114786: fix(kanban): kanban_link refuses a running child and dependency refusals name the open parents (#113374, #113373, salvage #113398, #113452)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_diagnostics.py`, `plugins/kanban/dashboard/plugin_api.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_block_kinds.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_cli.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_db.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_diagnostics.py`, `tests/plugins/test_kanban_dashboard_plugin.py`, `tests/tools/test_kanban_complete_parents_tool.py`, `tests/tools/test_kanban_tools.py`, `tools/delegate_tool.py`, `tools/kanban_tools.py`, `tools/kanban_tools_schemas.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/kanban-worker-lanes.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/kanban.md`
- **#113398: fix(kanban): stop claimed children bypassing new dependencies**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `e6a8eb7f95aa`, `#114786`, `#113374`, `#113373`, `#113398`, `#113452`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114786 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.