# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban SQLite DB corruption under concurrent access

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #38185: \[Feature\]: The kanban module (hermes_cli.kanban_db) is hardcoded to SQLite only !
- PR #33366: fix(gateway): dispatch kanban through configured store

This cluster centers on SQLite database corruption in the kanban module occurring under multi-process, multi-gateway, or high-concurrency conditions, particularly in WAL mode. Members include bug reports, hardening fixes, serialization approaches, and some adjacent concerns about storage backend flexibility and journal mode fallbacks.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.45`: 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

- #38185: \[Feature\]: The kanban module (hermes_cli.kanban_db) is hardcoded to SQLite only !

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #33267: DB-ADAPTER-006: Kanban storage backend needs concurrency-safe adapter boundary

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#33366: fix(gateway): dispatch kanban through configured store**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `1c68f6f81f6ff5f94ceb1b6933f2524e59e5f9c8`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_store.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_store_factory.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_store_postgres.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_store_sqlite.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_store_stress.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_store_contract.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_store_contract_surface.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_store_factory.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_store_postgres_local.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_store_stress_harness.py`

## Fix status

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