# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban dispatcher unknown-assignee handling and diagnostics

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where the Kanban dispatcher silently drops cards with an unknown assignee, leaving them stuck in 'ready' with no feedback. Fixes add per-task event logging for skipped assignments and resolve related worker boot and credential exit issues.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #126153. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #126153 (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-126153`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #122422: Kanban dispatcher silently drops cards with an unknown assignee — card sits in \`ready\` forever with zero board diagnostics

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#126153: Kanban workers boot on store-Python installs; unknown assignee, gh identity and dead-credential exits fixed (#122299 #122487 #122500 #122422 #122689, salvage #122420 #122567 #122714 #122716)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cron/scheduler_delivery.py`, `hermes_cli/auth_codex.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_agent_setup_mixin.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_single_query.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_db_dispatch.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_pr_acceptance.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_pr_acceptance_store.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_credential_startup_exit.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_db.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_dispatch_unknown_assignee_event.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_pr_acceptance.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/kanban.md`
- **#122567: fix(kanban): write per-task event when dispatcher skips unknown assignee**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#122422`, `#126153`, `#122567`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #126153 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-28`.