# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix unattributed LLM usage costs in kanban board

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #118595: fix(usage): auxiliary task kanban_decomposer produces no session_model_usage rows (cost unattributed)
- PR #118609: fix(kanban): bill headless decompose/specify aux usage to a hidden ops session
- PR #118613: fix(cli): attribute kanban board aux LLM usage to a synthetic session

These items address a bug where auxiliary LLM usage from the kanban decomposer/specifier is not attributed to any session, resulting in missing cost tracking rows. The fixes route that usage to a synthetic or hidden ops session.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #118595: fix(usage): auxiliary task kanban_decomposer produces no session_model_usage rows (cost unattributed)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#118609: fix(kanban): bill headless decompose/specify aux usage to a hidden ops session**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `agent/aux_accounting.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_specify.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_aux_usage.py`
- **#118613: fix(cli): attribute kanban board aux LLM usage to a synthetic session**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban_specify.py`, `tests/hermes_state/test_kanban_aux_accounting.py`

## Fix status

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