# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Hermes pause not halting dispatch correctly

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #127468: hermes pause does not stop dispatch: 5 of 6 dispatch_once callers ignore the ESTOP sentinel
- PR #127476: fix(kanban): honour the ESTOP pause inside dispatch_once
- PR #127477: fix: hermes pause does not stop dispatch

These items address a bug where pausing Hermes does not stop dispatch, specifically because most dispatch_once callers ignore the ESTOP sentinel. Fixes target the dispatch_once path and the kanban component to honour the pause signal.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #127468: hermes pause does not stop dispatch: 5 of 6 dispatch_once callers ignore the ESTOP sentinel

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#127476: fix(kanban): honour the ESTOP pause inside dispatch_once**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#127468`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban_db_dispatch.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_ops.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_dispatch_lock.py`
- **#127477: fix: hermes pause does not stop dispatch**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#127476`, `#127468`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban_db_dispatch.py`

## Fix status

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