# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban worker shutdown signal handling fixes

## Open now

- 2 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #59799: Kanban workers: distinguish infra SIGTERM and fast-reclaim foreign-host claims
- #62457: \[Bug\]: Gateway-shutdown worker exits can trip the systemic crash breaker and failure_limit=1
- PR #60469: feat(kanban): distinguish infra SIGTERM and fast-reclaim signals for workers (#59799)
- PR #62790: fix(kanban): preserve restart victims retry budget

These items address how Kanban workers distinguish infrastructure SIGTERM signals from fast-reclaim signals, and how shutdown-related exits interact with retry budgets and the systemic crash breaker.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 2 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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

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- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.39`: 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

- #59799: Kanban workers: distinguish infra SIGTERM and fast-reclaim foreign-host claims
- #62457: \[Bug\]: Gateway-shutdown worker exits can trip the systemic crash breaker and failure_limit=1

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#60469: feat(kanban): distinguish infra SIGTERM and fast-reclaim signals for workers (#59799)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#59799`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`
- **#62790: fix(kanban): preserve restart victims retry budget**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `f25e43454c5302e3be342253e912c5ea9434a286`, `14db1a99e21e5523ee61f10f5c3300a5087e8449`
  - files: `gateway/kanban_watchers.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`, `tests/gateway/test_gateway_shutdown.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_db.py`

## Fix status

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