# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban task rows silently replaced by malformed placeholder

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the kanban dispatch/reconcile process silently destroys real task rows and substitutes a malformed 't_running' placeholder in a multiplexed gateway context. Members include the bug report, a proposed fix, and diagnostic tracing added to investigate task-table writes.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #119003: \[Bug\]: kanban dispatch/reconcile silently destroys real task rows, replacing them with a malformed 't_running' placeholder (multiplexed gateway)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#119387: fix: resolve #119003 — #119003 \[Bug\]: kanban dispatch/reconcile silently destroys r**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `2798e8a769d4800654b3f6e463960bb41390b126`, `2f6170bfa67038d901b6d453347514daab2dc529`, `#119003`
- **#122050: diag(kanban): trace tasks-table writes for #119003**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#129787`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.