# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix false dispatcher-stuck alerts for deferred tasks

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #80513: Dispatcher "stuck" telemetry false-alarms on respawn-guard-deferred tasks
- PR #97183: fix(kanban): share dispatch admission with health

These items address a false-alarm condition where the dispatcher's stuck-detection telemetry incorrectly flags tasks that are legitimately deferred by the respawn guard. The fix involves sharing dispatch admission state with health checks to avoid spurious alerts.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #80513: Dispatcher "stuck" telemetry false-alarms on respawn-guard-deferred tasks

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#91941: fix(kanban): don't flag dispatcher stuck when ready tasks are respawn-guard deferred (#80513)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#97183: fix(kanban): share dispatch admission with health**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#97183`
  - files: `gateway/kanban_watchers.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_stuck_ready_guard.py`

## Fix status

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