# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban goal loop stops on judge/worker failures

## Open now

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A bug where judge or provider failures in Kanban goal mode caused empty continuation turns to be consumed. A fix was introduced to halt the goal loop when such failures occur.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #132869. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #132869 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-132869`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #91264: \[Bug\]: Kanban goal-mode judge/provider failures consume empty continuation turns

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#132869: fix(kanban): stop goal loop on worker/judge failures (#91264) \[risk 0.30\]**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/cli_single_query.py`, `hermes_cli/goals.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_goal_mode.py`
- **#91575: fix(kanban): stop goal loop on worker/judge failures (#91264)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#132869`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #132869 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-04`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`