# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Unbound stale worker run-ownership safety fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a vulnerability where an unbound or stale worker could incorrectly complete or mutate work owned by a live run, tightening run-ID ownership checks and failing closed when a run ID cannot be established.

## 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 #116743. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116743 (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-116743`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #116239: \[kernel\] expected_run_id=None silently disables the run-ownership CAS: an unbound stale worker can complete a task a live successor owns

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116743: fix(kanban): an unbound stale worker can no longer complete a card a live run owns (#116239, salvage #116257)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_notify.py`, `tests/tools/test_kanban_complete_parents_tool.py`, `tests/tools/test_kanban_tools.py`, `tools/kanban_tools.py`
- **#116257: fix(tools): refuse unbound worker run-lifecycle mutations**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `7c2b5b59815`
- **#116269: fix(kanban): fail closed when a worker cannot name its run id (#116239)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#116257`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116743 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.