# NousResearch/hermes-agent · notification_sources config ignored in kanban/gateway

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #39838: \[Bug\]: notification_sources config is documented but never read by gateway code
- PR #40065: fix(kanban): honor notification source config

A bug was identified where the notification_sources configuration option was documented but not actually read or honored by the kanban notifier and gateway delivery code. These members address adding and fixing support for that config across cross-profile kanban notification paths.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.40`: 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

- #39838: \[Bug\]: notification_sources config is documented but never read by gateway code

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#39848: fix(kanban): honor notification source config**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#39853`, `#39838`
- **#39853: fix(gateway): honour notification_sources config for cross-profile Kanban delivery**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `c69643026`, `1c68f6f81`
- **#40065: fix(kanban): honor notification source config**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `1c68f6f81`
  - files: `gateway/kanban_watchers.py`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `tests/gateway/test_kanban_notifier.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_config_validation.py`
- **#63185: feat: add notification_sources config for cross-profile kanban notifier (#39838)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#39853`, `#39838`, `#40065`

## Fix status

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