# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban worker approval context and callback handling across processes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #63183: \[Security\] Kanban workers inherit gateway/cron approval context but not the approval callback
- PR #63189: fix(kanban): drop approval context env vars from spawned workers
- PR #63421: fix(kanban): broker detached worker approvals across processes

The three members all concern how Kanban workers handle approval context from gateway/cron: one security issue reports that workers inherit the approval context without the approval callback, and two pull requests propose brokering detached-worker approvals across processes or removing approval context environment variables from spawned workers. The titles suggest related but different approaches; their outcomes are not stated.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 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

- 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #63183: \[Security\] Kanban workers inherit gateway/cron approval context but not the approval callback

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#63189: fix(kanban): drop approval context env vars from spawned workers**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#63183`, `#55945`, `#55946`, `#37968`, `#56771`, `#58662`, `#59179`, `#21563`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`
- **#63421: fix(kanban): broker detached worker approvals across processes**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `agent/agent_init.py`, `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`, `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `agent/curator.py`, `agent/execution_context.py`, `agent/tool_executor.py`, `agent/turn_context.py`, `agent/turn_finalizer.py`, `cli-config.yaml.example`, `cli.py`, `cron/scheduler.py`, `docs/middleware/README.md`, `gateway/kanban_watchers.py`, `gateway/session_context.py`, `gateway/slash_commands.py`, `hermes_cli/_parser.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_agent_setup_mixin.py`, `hermes_cli/commands.py`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban.py` (+60 more)

## Fix status

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