# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban worker processes lingering after task block, archive, or completion

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #61923: Kanban worker zombie process on Windows: complete_task doesn't terminate OS process, no process-state sync
- PR #61967: fix(kanban): stop zombie workers after complete (#61923)

These issues and pull requests all concern Kanban worker OS processes that may keep running after a task is completed, blocked, or archived, including a Windows-specific report of a zombie process and missing process-state sync. Several members are fix proposals that aim to terminate workers in those situations; this label does not say whether any of them were merged or work.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.34`: 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

- #61923: Kanban worker zombie process on Windows: complete_task doesn't terminate OS process, no process-state sync

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #57596: Kanban worker process can survive after task is blocked/archived

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#57602: fix(kanban): terminate worker process on block/archive/complete (#57596)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#31365`
- **#57713: fix(kanban): terminate workers when tasks are blocked or archived**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#57704`, `#31829`, `#35327`, `#57548`, `#28154`, `#57713`, `#31365`, `#57536`, `#57248`, `#57696`, `#47821`
- **#61967: fix(kanban): stop zombie workers after complete (#61923)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `agent/tool_executor.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`, `plugins/kanban/dashboard/plugin_api.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_db.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_tool_call_incremental_persistence.py`, `tests/tools/test_kanban_tools.py`, `tools/kanban_tools.py`

## Fix status

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