# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban review-lane budget starves ready lane fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where guard-deferred or per-profile-capped review cards incorrectly consumed review-lane budget, starving the ready lane. Multiple fix attempts and a salvage PR address making budget reservation respawn-guard-aware.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #114850. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114850 (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-114850`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #113598: Kanban: review-lane budget reservation is not respawn-guard-aware -- one guard-deferred review card starves the ready lane

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114850: fix(kanban): guarded or per-profile-capped review cards no longer starve the ready lane (#113598, salvage #113600)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban_db_dispatch.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_host_cap.py`
- **#113600: fix(kanban): release ready budget from guarded reviews**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `c2d6b3c22295`, `#114850`, `#113598`, `#113600`
- **#113601: fix(kanban): make review-lane budget reservation respawn-guard-aware**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `c2d6b3c22295`, `#114850`, `#113598`, `#113600`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114850 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.