# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban auto-decompose ignores assignee containment settings

## Open now

- 2 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #62985: Kanban auto-decompose silently reassigns and launches tasks whose assignee is deliberately non-spawnable (containment bypass)
- #65026: decompose_triage_task ignores --assignee / orchestrator_profile; resolves root_assignee as 'default'
- PR #62994: fix(cron): honor non-spawnable assignee containment in kanban auto-decompose
- PR #65952: fix(kanban): keep decomposition inert for parked triage tasks

These items concern a bug where the auto-decompose triage task ignores configured assignee or orchestrator profile settings, silently overwriting or bypassing deliberate non-spawnable assignee containment. Multiple fixes and reports address the same underlying containment bypass.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 2 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #114822. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114822 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.29`: 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

- #62985: Kanban auto-decompose silently reassigns and launches tasks whose assignee is deliberately non-spawnable (containment bypass)
- #65026: decompose_triage_task ignores --assignee / orchestrator_profile; resolves root_assignee as 'default'

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114822: fix(kanban): decomposed children and the root card fall back to the root task's assignee, never the dispatcher's own profile (#114294, salvage #114303)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban_decompose.py`, `plugins/kanban/dashboard/plugin_api.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_decompose.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/kanban.md`
- **#62994: fix(cron): honor non-spawnable assignee containment in kanban auto-decompose**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `gateway/kanban_watchers_dispatcher.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_decompose.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_decompose.py`
- **#65117: fix: stop configured orchestrator overwriting triage owner**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `957bf63dc51f`, `#114822`, `#114822`, `#114294`, `#114303`, `#114294`
- **#65952: fix(kanban): keep decomposition inert for parked triage tasks**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `1345dda0cf4559a72f2a427e103d1b78e4fc9677`, `#62985`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban_decompose.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_decompose.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114822 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.
- Subsystem: `cron`