# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban notification delivery bugs and features

## Open now

- 2 issues, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #35417: \[Feature\]: Kanban task terminal-event callbacks for async orchestration (TUI/WebUI + coordinator workflows)
- #49190: \[Feature\]: Generalize Kanban notifications into an event substrate — any-surface subscribers + delivery-adapter registry

This cluster covers work on Kanban task event notification delivery — including blocked or missed sends, TUI/desktop session gaps, subscription polling issues, decomposed task handling, and proposals to generalize the notification system across surfaces.

## TL;DR

- 14 member(s): 2 open issue(s), 4 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 3 merged PR(s), 5 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #72177. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #72177 (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: `partially_resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-72177,pr-72236`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.12`: 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

- #35417: \[Feature\]: Kanban task terminal-event callbacks for async orchestration (TUI/WebUI + coordinator workflows)
- #49190: \[Feature\]: Generalize Kanban notifications into an event substrate — any-surface subscribers + delivery-adapter registry

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #31901: \[Bug\]: Kanban notifications can be lost for failed sends and decomposed child tasks
- #59269: Kanban notifier jams permanently on one bad delivery — masks the real error and blocks all notifications
- #59890: \[Bug\] Kanban task event notifications never delivered — all 18 subscriptions have last_event_id=0
- #59960: \[Bug\] TUI kanban notifications never delivered — poller only watches process completions, not kanban_notify_subs

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#72177: fix(tui): deliver kanban notify subscriptions to TUI/desktop sessions (salvage #66435)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `tests/tui_gateway/test_kanban_notify_poller.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`
- **#72236: fix(gateway): isolate kanban notifier failures + cursor snap at creation (salvage #59278, #62712, #63001)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `gateway/authz_mixin.py`, `gateway/kanban_watchers.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`, `tests/gateway/test_kanban_notifier.py`, `tests/gateway/test_kanban_notifier_zero_sub_gate.py`, `tests/gateway/test_multiplex_profile_authz.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_core_functionality.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_count_notify_subs.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_notify.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_kanban_notify_poller.py`
- **#105356: fix(gateway): heartbeat and completion events resume the owning conversation**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `evals/gateway_completion/README.md`, `evals/gateway_completion/delivery_lifecycle.py`, `evals/heartbeat_idle_wire.py`, `gateway/AGENTS.md`, `gateway/kanban_watchers_notifier.py`, `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `gateway/platforms/event.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `gateway/run_busy.py`, `gateway/run_goals.py`, `gateway/run_heartbeat_acceptance.py`, `gateway/run_heartbeat_restore.py`, `gateway/run_notifications.py`, `gateway/run_startup.py`, `gateway/run_turn.py`, `gateway/session_context.py`, `gateway/session_recovery.py`, `gateway/slash_commands.py`, `gateway/wake.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban.py` (+33 more)
- **#31902: fix(kanban): preserve notifications and workspace for decomposed tasks**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `4810074d73d9419dc82545202d595507a73f4f0e`, `#105356`
- **#59278: fix(gateway): isolate per-subscription failures in kanban notifier**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#72236`, `#59269`
- **#59963: fix(tui): poll kanban_notify_subs for task event delivery to TUI sessions**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `badb240ffa`, `6247712c3f`, `#72177`, `#66435`, `#60085`, `#60085`
- **#60085: fix(tui): deliver kanban notify subscriptions to TUI/desktop sessions**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#66435`, `#66435`, `#66435`
- **#66435: fix(tui): deliver Kanban notifications to TUI sessions**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `badb240ffa`, `6247712c3f`, `#72177`, `#72177`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #72177 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-07`.
- Subsystem: `agent`