# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban worktree isolation per task or subtask

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes concern a bug where Kanban tasks or subtasks incorrectly share or inherit worktree paths rather than each receiving their own isolated worktree. Multiple related fixes address workspace assignment in different scenarios.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 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 #70143. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #70143 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: 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

- #53983: \[Bug\]: Kanban worktree mode is not working for multiple tasks

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#70143: fix(kanban): worker-created child tasks get their own workspace**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`, `tests/tools/test_kanban_tools.py`, `tools/kanban_tools.py`
- **#54006: fix(kanban): give each subtask its own worktree instead of inheriting parent path (#53983)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `781968be5e1ec2c253b617409f8bfba652c10186`, `#70143`, `#53983`, `#61911`, `#61907`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #70143 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-23`.
- Subsystem: `cron`