# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Legacy kanban board discovery without board.json

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #135556: boards/<slug> without board.json becomes invisible after #63e5656409 — no migration path for pre-metadata board dirs (identity check regression)
- PR #135606: fix(kanban): backfill board.json for legacy kanban.db-only boards

These items address a regression where board directories created before board.json metadata existed became invisible or inaccessible, and introduce a backfill or discovery path for those legacy boards.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #135556: boards/<slug> without board.json becomes invisible after #63e5656409 — no migration path for pre-metadata board dirs (identity check regression)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#135593: fix(kanban): discover legacy board dirs that predate board.json (#135556)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#135606: fix(kanban): backfill board.json for legacy kanban.db-only boards**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban_db_boards.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_boards.py`

## Fix status

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