# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban respawn guard auth pattern fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #117009: kanban respawn guard: \`auth\\w*\` matches \`author\`, and the hold has no terminal state

These items address a regex pattern in the kanban respawn guard where \`auth\\w*\` incorrectly matched 'author', causing cards to be mishandled. The fix narrows the pattern to avoid unintended matches on author-related text and crashed-worker output.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 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 #117567. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #117567 (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: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #117009: kanban respawn guard: \`auth\\w*\` matches \`author\`, and the hold has no terminal state

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117567: fix(kanban): respawn guard stops parking cards on "author" prose and crashed-worker stdout (#117097, #117009, salvage #117038 #117114)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban_db_dispatch.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_db.py`
- **#117038: fix(kanban): curate the respawn guard's auth pattern instead of an open auth\\w* stem**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `87f892b8db`, `#117567`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #117567 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`