# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban worker credential probing before lifecycle spend

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #122703: \[Bug\]: kanban dispatcher claims and spawns a worker without probing the profile's model — a dead credential costs a claim plus a full worker lifetime

These items address a bug where the kanban dispatcher claims a task and spawns a full worker before verifying that the credential or model is valid. The fixes introduce early probing of model/provider pins and preserve exit codes from credential startup failures.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #122703: \[Bug\]: kanban dispatcher claims and spawns a worker without probing the profile's model — a dead credential costs a claim plus a full worker lifetime

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#122716: fix(kanban): preserve credential startup failure exit codes**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#122893: fix(kanban): probe model/provider pins before the worker lifecycle is spent**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `a6343f5a58`

## Fix status

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