# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Reject invalid dependency graphs in kanban decomposer

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #83048: kanban: decompose adapter silently rewrites invalid dependency graphs the DB validator would reject
- PR #84083: fix(kanban): reject invalid decomposed dependency graphs

These items address a problem where the kanban decompose adapter was silently accepting or rewriting dependency graphs that would fail database validation. The fixes add rejection of both invalid and malformed decomposed dependency graphs.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #83048: kanban: decompose adapter silently rewrites invalid dependency graphs the DB validator would reject

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#84083: fix(kanban): reject invalid decomposed dependency graphs**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `1328907d727afe00aeda62ed983a73fa019a3e5c`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_decompose.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_decompose.py`
- **#84773: fix(kanban): reject malformed decomposer dependency graphs**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#84083`

## Fix status

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