NousResearch/hermes-agent

Kanban dispatcher singleton and concurrency fixes

Cluster 41448 · gateway. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #49068 on 19 Jun 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These issues and pull requests address a concurrency problem where multiple gateway instances can run competing kanban dispatchers simultaneously, leading to claim-reclaim churn and potential database corruption. Proposed fixes involve machine-global singleton locks and flock-based guards to enforce a single active dispatcher.

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  • #49068 fix(kanban): machine-global singleton lock for the embedded dispatcher (#41448)

    merged to main

    files: gateway/kanban_watchers.py, scripts/release.py, tests/gateway/test_kanban_watchers_mixin.py

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 2

  • #41679 fix(gateway): add flock-based singleton guard to kanban dispatcher · merged via another change → dfa5610, 226e932, #44919
  • #44919 fix(kanban): machine-global singleton lock for the embedded dispatcher (#41448) · merged via another change → dfa5610, 226e932, #49068
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#41448[Bug]: kanban dispatcher: gateway embeds dispatcher without singleton guard — two gateway instances cause claim-reclaim churn
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Subsystem
gateway
Merged PRs
#49068
Closed issues
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2 PRs closed without merging
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19 Jun 2026

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