# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban dependency block infinite respawn fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where kanban workers blocked on a dependency would respawn indefinitely when their parent tasks were already in a terminal state. The fix introduces escalation and needs_input parking behavior instead of endless respawning.

## 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 #114767. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114767 (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-114767`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #114627: \[Bug\]: kanban — a worker blocking with kind=dependency is respawned indefinitely when its parents are already terminal

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114767: fix(kanban): dependency block with no open parent parks as needs_input and escalates instead of respawning forever (#114627, salvage #114529)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/kanban.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_block_kinds.py`, `tests/tools/test_kanban_tools.py`, `tools/kanban_tools.py`, `tools/kanban_tools_schemas.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/kanban.md`
- **#114631: fix(kanban): escalate repeated dependency blocks**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `66c9e980f816`, `#114767`, `#114627`, `#114529`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114767 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.