# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban artifact staging SQLite lock bug fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #120480: \[Bug\]: kanban artifact staging closes caller-chosen files in the board process — a hard link to kanban.db-shm drops the board's SQLite write lock mid-transaction
- PR #120491: fix(kanban): stage artifacts outside write transactions

A bug was identified where staging kanban artifacts could close files and drop SQLite write locks mid-transaction in the board process. Two fixes address this by staging artifacts outside write transactions and rejecting board-DB-alias artifacts before staging opens them.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #120480: \[Bug\]: kanban artifact staging closes caller-chosen files in the board process — a hard link to kanban.db-shm drops the board's SQLite write lock mid-transaction

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120491: fix(kanban): stage artifacts outside write transactions**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `72cef6405f51606c1e97f9ec32d9ff96ce2c1717`, `18fa38463490c07e7d1764520118097a5e5fdd42`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_db.py`
- **#122616: fix(kanban): refuse board-DB-alias artifacts before staging opens them**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

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