# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban worker exit-code mapping for rate limits

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where single-query kanban workers bypass exit-code mapping, causing transient rate-limit or provider outage events to incorrectly trip the circuit breaker. The fixes involve reclassifying clean exits via log inspection and broadening transient-failure detection.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #112500. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #112500 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-112500`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #48000: kanban workers (\`chat -q\`) bypass the rate-limit/failure exit-code mapping → transient provider outage trips the circuit breaker

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#48005: fix(kanban): apply exit-code mapping to single-query (-q) workers and broaden transient-failure reasons**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#112500: Kanban workers on a rate-limit/billing wall exit 75 instead of rc=0 protocol violations (#101800, #48000, salvage #110917)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cli.py`, `contributors/emails/dmelkk-secondbrain@users.noreply.github.com`, `hermes_cli/cli_chat_turn_mixin.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_single_query_exit_contract.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/kanban.md`
- **#55476: fix(kanban): reclassify rate-limited clean exits via worker log inspection (#55445)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `1b2a75fa27dc8`, `#112500`, `#110917`, `#97623`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #112500 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-16`.
- Subsystem: `cron`