# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban worker protocol-violation errors hide the real cause

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #63504: Kanban dan-pr worker crashes/protocol violation block JTAPI show-tech fix

Most members concern kanban workers that exit (rc=0) without calling \`kanban_complete\`, or crash, where the board shows a bare 'protocol violation' while the real error stays in logs. Several are duplicates, and one fix-oriented PR proposes surfacing the worker's actual output or error; one member mentions a JTAPI show-tech fix, which may be a specific instance of the same symptom.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #112618. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #112618 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.31`: 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

- #63504: Kanban dan-pr worker crashes/protocol violation block JTAPI show-tech fix

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #46593: kanban: worker exits rc=0 without calling \`kanban_complete\` shows unhelpful 'protocol violation' — real error buried in logs
- #46889: kanban: worker exits rc=0 without calling \`kanban_complete\` shows unhelpful 'protocol violation' — real error buried in logs

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#112618: Kanban board shows the worker's own last output on protocol violations and crashes (#88603, #46593, salvage #88815)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban_db_dispatch.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_core_functionality.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/kanban.md`
- **#46985: fix(kanban): surface real worker error instead of bare "protocol violation"**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `2cfb655d52`, `#112618`, `#88815`, `#88603`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #112618 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-16`.
- Subsystem: `cron`