# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Parentless dependency block respawn-churn fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #81305: Parentless dependency block respawn-churns: recompute_ready re-promotes it every tick with no brake
- PR #81307: fix(kanban): stop parentless dependency blocks from respawn-churning (#81305)
- PR #107788: fix(kanban): hold parentless blocked-outcome cards from respawn

These members identify and address a bug where parentless dependency blocks cause repeated re-promotion every tick with no limiting mechanism. The work focuses on preventing blocked-outcome cards from churning in the kanban system.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #81305: Parentless dependency block respawn-churns: recompute_ready re-promotes it every tick with no brake

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#81307: fix(kanban): stop parentless dependency blocks from respawn-churning (#81305)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_block_kinds.py`
- **#107788: fix(kanban): hold parentless blocked-outcome cards from respawn**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`; refs `95c6501bec22beab9948b8d9dbda4b4c5edf1c50`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban_db_dispatch.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_dependency_block_respawn.py`

## Fix status

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