# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Configurable Kanban claim TTL and stale-lock reclaim

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Members concern the Kanban default claim TTL (15 minutes): one issue describes stale_lock reclaim when a single MCP tool call runs longer than the TTL, since heartbeats can't occur until the tool returns. Two pull request titles propose making the claim TTL configurable; their exact relationship to the issue isn't stated in the titles.

## 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 #28392. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #28392 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #25517: Kanban: stale_lock reclaim when a single MCP tool call exceeds DEFAULT_CLAIM_TTL (15m); heartbeat impossible until tool returns

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#28392: fix(kanban): make claim TTL configurable (#25635)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_db.py`
- **#25635: fix(kanban): make claim TTL configurable**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `0f620138b0a1852fe464a2aad12824df621dd5c1`, `#28392`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #28392 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-05-19`.
- Subsystem: `cron`