# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban respawn guard and stale ready diagnostics blocking task dispatch

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #49870: \[Bug\]: '→ ready' button on Done tasks triggers false diagnostic and respawn guard blocks dispatcher
- PR #49871: fix(kanban): '→ ready' button triggers false diagnostic and respawn guard blocks dispatch

These issues and pull requests share a theme around the Kanban respawn guard and ready-state diagnostics. Reports describe tasks stuck in ready or a '→ ready' action on Done tasks producing a false diagnostic, and proposed changes include an 'unguard' command and resetting stale ready-age diagnostics.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.34`: 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

- #49870: \[Bug\]: '→ ready' button on Done tasks triggers false diagnostic and respawn guard blocks dispatcher

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #42053: \[Bug\]: Kanban \`recent_success\` respawn guard has no operator clear path — task permanently stuck in ready after re-comment

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#42134: feat(kanban): add 'unguard' command to clear respawn guard for a task**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `77db9d6bf384c71e145c556286386887dd3e5a27`, `#42053`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#49871: fix(kanban): '→ ready' button triggers false diagnostic and respawn guard blocks dispatch**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `77db9d6bf`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban_diagnostics.py`, `scripts/release.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_diagnostics.py`
- **#104861: fix(kanban): reset stale ready-age diagnostics**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#28703`, `#49871`, `#49870`

## Fix status

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