# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Reduce false 'stuck' alerts in kanban dispatcher

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #46800: fix: _kanban_dispatcher_watcher fires false "stuck" alert when hook fills concurrency cap
- PR #46892: fix(gateway): avoid false kanban stuck alerts at concurrency cap
- PR #104144: fix(kanban): classify idle dispatch ticks so a full board is not stuck

These issues and pull requests address scenarios where the kanban dispatcher incorrectly fires 'stuck' alerts, specifically when capacity deferrals, idle dispatch ticks, or a full concurrency cap are misclassified as problematic states rather than healthy or expected ones.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #46800: fix: _kanban_dispatcher_watcher fires false "stuck" alert when hook fills concurrency cap

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#46892: fix(gateway): avoid false kanban stuck alerts at concurrency cap**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `gateway/kanban_watchers.py`, `tests/gateway/test_kanban_watchers_mixin.py`
- **#94495: fix(kanban): classify capacity deferrals as healthy**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#104144: fix(kanban): classify idle dispatch ticks so a full board is not stuck**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `gateway/kanban_watchers.py`, `gateway/kanban_watchers_dispatcher.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_db_dispatch.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_ops.py`, `tests/gateway/test_kanban_dispatcher_stalled_boards.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_capacity_deferral.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_core_functionality.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/kanban.md`

## Fix status

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