# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban worker spawn mode in headless/no-TTY environments

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #28992: \[Feature\]: Use -z (oneshot) mode for kanban worker spawn instead of chat -q

Multiple issues and fixes addressing how kanban workers are spawned in headless or no-TTY contexts, specifically around forcing CLI or oneshot (-z) mode instead of interactive/TUI modes that cause crashes or protocol violations.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.25`: 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

- #28992: \[Feature\]: Use -z (oneshot) mode for kanban worker spawn instead of chat -q

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #23844: fix(kanban): dispatcher worker spawn broken in headless/no-TTY environments
- #40095: Kanban workers crash (protocol violation) when display.interface: tui — headless worker launches TUI, exits rc=0

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#23851: fix(kanban): use -z (one-shot) mode for worker spawn instead of chat -q**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#35629: fix(cli): headless chat -q falls back to oneshot mode without TTY**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `e87c495dc2d827dbc9bc1df86f4e75673e11ed24`
- **#40108: fix(kanban): force cli for worker subprocesses**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `e87c495dc2d827dbc9bc1df86f4e75673e11ed24`

## Fix status

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