# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban cards stuck in blocker_auth after rate-limited runs

## Open now

- 1 issue, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- #119070: kanban: card whose run was rate-limited then succeeded is parked as blocker_auth forever (reviewer never spawns)
- PR #136148: fix(kanban): stop stale quota stamps from trapping cards in blocker_auth
- PR #138619: Fix stale Kanban auth blocker after successful handoff
- PR #139122: fix(kanban): contain respawn-guard skip loops and bound rate-limit retries

The members concern kanban cards that appear to remain parked in a blocker_auth state after a run was rate-limited, with one issue noting the reviewer never spawns. Two titles describe fixes involving stale quota stamps and review handoffs, but the titles alone do not confirm outcomes.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.33`: 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

- #119070: kanban: card whose run was rate-limited then succeeded is parked as blocker_auth forever (reviewer never spawns)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#119072: fix(kanban): unblock successful review handoffs**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `793fc26efba1eab56edd1a13c48372676e69b688`, `d22a55d7d7e2cccaf6997b56d7dc785df1d953df`, `#136148`, `#119070`, `#136148`, `#136148`, `#136148`, `#121281`, `#119070`
- **#136148: fix(kanban): stop stale quota stamps from trapping cards in blocker_auth**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#119070`, `#121281`, `#121281`, `#119070`, `#121281`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_db_dispatch.py`, `tests/e2e/core/kanban/test_kanban_rate_limit_review.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_db.py`
- **#138619: Fix stale Kanban auth blocker after successful handoff**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `af16a49c19f3cc511b8a32835bcb18de29bcf3e8`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`
- **#139122: fix(kanban): contain respawn-guard skip loops and bound rate-limit retries**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_db_dispatch.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_db_respawn.py`, `plugins/kanban/dashboard/plugin_api.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_respawn_containment.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_respawn_process_boundaries.py`, `tools/kanban_tools.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/kanban.md`
- **#142737: fix(kanban): respawn guard decides from run outcomes, never from error prose**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`

## Fix status

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