# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban comment author identity under multiplexed profiles

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where kanban comment authors default to 'worker' instead of the correct profile identity when HERMES_PROFILE is unset during multiplexed per-profile cron ticks. The fixes involve persisting and resolving the active profile identity via ContextVar across background execution paths including cron, kanban, ledger, and adapters.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #120103. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #120103 (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-120103`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #119859: \[Bug\]: Kanban comment author defaults to "worker" under a multiplexed per-profile cron tick (HERMES_PROFILE unset)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120103: Cron, kanban, ledger and adapter background paths follow the owning profile under multiplex (#119858, #119859, #119973, #119242; salvage #119974 #120045 #120019 #120009 #112888)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/redact.py`, `agent/secret_scope.py`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `cron/lifecycle_guard.py`, `gateway/AGENTS.md`, `gateway/delivery_ledger.py`, `gateway/platforms/api_server.py`, `gateway/platforms/api_server_openai_routes.py`, `gateway/platforms/api_server_runs.py`, `gateway/run_adapters.py`, `hermes_cli/env_loader.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_specify.py`, `hermes_cli/profiles.py`, `hermes_constants.py`, `hermes_logging.py`, `tests/agent/test_i18n.py`, `tests/agent/test_secret_scope_pinned_launch_home.py`, `tests/agent/test_serves_routed_profile_pin.py` (+14 more)
- **#112888: fix(kanban): persist active-profile identity in comment author / created_by when HERMES_PROFILE unpinned**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `bd970b0588`, `#120103`
- **#120086: fix(kanban): resolve comment author from ContextVar tick identity**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#112888`, `#119859`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #120103 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-23`.