# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix worker exit trailer scoping in kanban

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #121255: \[Bug\]: kanban books a SIGKILLed/OOM-killed worker with the PREVIOUS attempt's exit trailer (append-mode log, last trailer wins)
- PR #121261: fix(kanban): scope worker exit trailers to attempts

A bug where a SIGKILLed or OOM-killed worker is incorrectly attributed to the previous attempt's exit trailer in append-mode logs. The fixes scope and anchor exit trailers to their specific run/attempt to prevent this misattribution.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #121255: \[Bug\]: kanban books a SIGKILLed/OOM-killed worker with the PREVIOUS attempt's exit trailer (append-mode log, last trailer wins)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121261: fix(kanban): scope worker exit trailers to attempts**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`; refs `0ff4c748658ff5b92661fa2b453fcf8ed813414d`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban_db_dispatch.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_worker_exit_trailer.py`
- **#121839: fix(kanban): anchor worker exit trailer to its run so a SIGKILLed worker is not booked with the previous attempt exit**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

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