# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban gateway dispatch caps ignoring live config edits

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #117734: Kanban gateway dispatcher reads all kanban.* caps once at boot; live config changes are ignored until restart (repeat spawn bursts)
- PR #117755: fix(gateway): apply edited kanban dispatch settings without a gateway restart
- PR #140048: fix(gateway): apply kanban dispatch caps edited after boot

All three members concern the kanban gateway dispatcher reading kanban.* dispatch settings only at boot, so edits made afterward are not applied without a restart. Two are fixes titled around applying edited caps or settings live, and one describes the issue, including repeated spawn bursts.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #117734: Kanban gateway dispatcher reads all kanban.* caps once at boot; live config changes are ignored until restart (repeat spawn bursts)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117755: fix(gateway): apply edited kanban dispatch settings without a gateway restart**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `61fa0f47ec`
  - files: `gateway/kanban_watchers.py`, `gateway/kanban_watchers_dispatcher.py`, `tests/gateway/test_kanban_watchers_mixin.py`
- **#140048: fix(gateway): apply kanban dispatch caps edited after boot**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `gateway/kanban_watchers.py`, `gateway/kanban_watchers_dispatcher.py`, `tests/gateway/test_kanban_dispatcher_live_settings.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `gateway`