# NousResearch/hermes-agent · BLOB comment body crashing kanban dispatch pass

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where a BLOB value in task_comments.body causes a TypeError that aborts the kanban dispatch pass, and a fix to handle BLOB cells lossily in check_respawn_guard so the pass survives.

## 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 #116760. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116760 (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-116760`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #116473: kanban: a BLOB task_comments.body aborts the whole dispatch pass (TypeError in check_respawn_guard)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116760: fix(kanban): dispatch pass survives a BLOB comment body instead of aborting (#116473, salvage #116484)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban_db_dispatch.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_list_undecodable_text.py`
- **#116484: fix(kanban): lossy-decode BLOB cells in check_respawn_guard reads**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `e943a012379`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116760 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.