# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix worktree branches based on remote HEAD

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #68201: kanban: _ensure_git_worktree bases new worktree branches on HEAD — parked checkouts contaminate worker branches (desktop app already resolves origin/HEAD)
- PR #61626: fix(kanban): branch dispatched worktrees from fresh remote tip
- PR #68278: fix(kanban): base new worktree branches on origin/HEAD, not parked local HEAD (#68201)

These items address a bug where new kanban worktree branches were incorrectly based on a parked local HEAD rather than the fresh remote tip (origin/HEAD). The fix ensures new branches start from the correct upstream reference.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #68201: kanban: _ensure_git_worktree bases new worktree branches on HEAD — parked checkouts contaminate worker branches (desktop app already resolves origin/HEAD)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#61626: fix(kanban): branch dispatched worktrees from fresh remote tip**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#68201`
  - files: `cli.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`, `hermes_cli/worktree_sync.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_worktree_base.py`
- **#68278: fix(kanban): base new worktree branches on origin/HEAD, not parked local HEAD (#68201)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `0ca0acb35691`, `#68278`, `#68201`, `#61626`, `#67760`, `#374151`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_db.py`

## Fix status

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