# NousResearch/hermes-agent · kanban_complete phantom-card blocking and retry guidance

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug report and related fix attempts addressing kanban_complete getting stuck when a hallucinated or phantom card triggers a gate with no clear recovery path. The fixes aim to clarify retry guidance for workers in this scenario.

## 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 #23453. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #23453 (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-23453`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #22923: \[Bug\]: kanban_complete hallucinated-card gate blocks completion with no recovery — worker must crash or abandon task

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#23453: fix(tools): clarify kanban_complete phantom-card retry guidance (salvage #23072)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_core_functionality.py`, `tests/tools/test_kanban_tools.py`, `tools/kanban_tools.py`
- **#23072: fix(tools): clarify kanban_complete phantom-card retry guidance**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#23453`, `#23071`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #23453 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-05-10`.