# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban card completion misclassifying branch-rules 403 as auth blocker

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #132473: kanban: PR-URL completion contract parks a card forever when the branch-rules endpoint 403s (read as infra, then matched as blocker_auth)
- PR #132479: fix(kanban): treat a branch-rules refusal as no rules, not an auth blocker

These items concern the kanban PR-URL completion flow, where a 403 from the branch-rules endpoint is reportedly read as an infrastructure issue and then matched as an auth blocker, leaving a card parked. The two fix-titled items describe changing the respawn guard to rely on run outcomes rather than error text, and treating a branch-rules refusal as having no rules.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #132473: kanban: PR-URL completion contract parks a card forever when the branch-rules endpoint 403s (read as infra, then matched as blocker_auth)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#132479: fix(kanban): treat a branch-rules refusal as no rules, not an auth blocker**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban_pr_acceptance.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_pr_acceptance.py`
- **#142737: fix(kanban): respawn guard decides from run outcomes, never from error prose**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`

## Fix status

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