# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Enforce non-empty evidence when completing kanban tasks

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address a bug where completing a kanban task with no result or summary was permitted, and introduce a fix to refuse such empty completions and emit an audit event.

## 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 #117649. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #117649 (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-117649`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #117483: \[Bug\]: \`kanban complete\` accepts a completion with no evidence at all - the card lands in \`done\` carrying nothing

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117649: fix(kanban): completing a task with no result or summary is refused with an audit event (#117483, salvage #117511)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`, `plugins/kanban/dashboard/plugin_api.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_db.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_empty_completion.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_parent_reopen_invalidation.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_pr_acceptance.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_review_lifecycle.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_review_lifecycle_complete.py`, `tests/plugins/test_kanban_board_done_order.py`, `tests/plugins/test_kanban_dashboard_plugin.py`, `tools/kanban_tools.py`
- **#117511: fix(kanban): refuse empty complete_task evidence (#117483)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `101f1c598a3b`, `#117649`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #117649 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-21`.