# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix spurious promoted events when UPDATE hits zero rows

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #77140: recompute_ready fabricates 'promoted' task_events when its UPDATE affects zero rows (missing rowcount check)
- PR #107340: fix(kanban): gate recompute_ready promoted events on the UPDATE rowcount

These items address a bug in recompute_ready where promoted task_events are incorrectly fabricated even when an UPDATE statement affects no rows. The fix gates promotion bookkeeping on a rowcount check to prevent false events.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #77140: recompute_ready fabricates 'promoted' task_events when its UPDATE affects zero rows (missing rowcount check)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#77150: fix(kanban): skip promotion bookkeeping when UPDATE affects zero rows**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `7405e8c62415`, `#77140`, `#77150`, `#1`, `#15803`, `#14532`, `#6`, `#9`, `#374151`, `#4338`
- **#107340: fix(kanban): gate recompute_ready promoted events on the UPDATE rowcount**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#77140`, `#77150`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_db.py`

## Fix status

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