# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Reduce kanban tool output size and polling cost

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #86242: \[Bug\]: kanban tool output is inflated twice over — ensure_ascii escaping and an unconditional worker_context
- PR #120408: perf(kanban): cheaper dashboard polls and smaller kanban tool output

These items address inflated kanban tool output caused by ASCII escaping and unnecessary worker context, plus related dashboard polling efficiency. The work focuses on making kanban responses more compact, particularly for non-ASCII content.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #86242: \[Bug\]: kanban tool output is inflated twice over — ensure_ascii escaping and an unconditional worker_context

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86268: fix(tools): keep Kanban results compact for non-ASCII tasks**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#120408`
- **#120408: perf(kanban): cheaper dashboard polls and smaller kanban tool output**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `plugins/kanban/dashboard/plugin_api.py`, `tests/plugins/test_kanban_dashboard_plugin.py`, `tests/tools/test_kanban_tools.py`, `tools/kanban_tools.py`, `tools/kanban_tools_schemas.py`

## Fix status

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