# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Missing kanban_unlink tool for workers

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #121424: kanban: worker toolset has kanban_link but no kanban_unlink, so a wrong-direction dependency deadlocks with no worker-side recovery

These items concern a gap in the worker toolset where kanban_link exists but kanban_unlink does not, leaving workers unable to recover from a wrong-direction dependency. A fix adding kanban_unlink is proposed or in progress.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Open related issues

- #121424: kanban: worker toolset has kanban_link but no kanban_unlink, so a wrong-direction dependency deadlocks with no worker-side recovery

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121426: fix(kanban): let workers remove dependency links**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#121424`, `#103729`, `#65770`, `#121688`
- **#121688: fix(kanban): add kanban_unlink tool so workers recover from a wrong-direction link (#121424)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#103729`, `#65770`

## Fix status

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