# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban dispatcher double-counting bug with dual limits

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #63466: Kanban dispatcher double-counts running workers when max_spawn and max_in_progress are both set
- PR #63548: fix(kanban): dispatcher double-counts running workers when both max_spawn and max_in_progress are set

These items all concern the same bug where the Kanban dispatcher incorrectly double-counts running workers when both max_spawn and max_in_progress are configured simultaneously. The group includes a bug report and at least one fix attempt addressing this specific counting issue.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #63466: Kanban dispatcher double-counts running workers when max_spawn and max_in_progress are both set

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#63471: fix(kanban): resolve double-count when both max_spawn and max_in_progress are set**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#63466`, `#33326`, `#56837`
- **#63548: fix(kanban): dispatcher double-counts running workers when both max_spawn and max_in_progress are set**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `5fdcfd851f7e693fb72a9ea6a6ef25142e63259e`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_db.py`

## Fix status

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