# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban triage tasks blocked by missing assignee

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #54510: \[Bug\]: kanban_create tool rejects missing assignee even when triage=true is passed

A bug where the kanban_create tool incorrectly requires an assignee even when triage=true is set, along with multiple fix attempts to allow triage tasks to be created without one.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #54510: \[Bug\]: kanban_create tool rejects missing assignee even when triage=true is passed

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#54541: fix: allow triage kanban tasks without assignee**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#55283: fix(kanban): allow triage tasks without assignee**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#54541`, `#54510`, `#36814`
- **#57175: fix(kanban): allow triage tasks without assignee**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#54541`

## Fix status

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