# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban self-review bug when reviewer omitted

## Open now

- 1 issue, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- #97910: \[Bug\]: kanban_request_review without \`reviewer\` sends the card to review but keeps the implementer as assignee. the author is then dispatched to review their own work
- PR #95181: fix(kanban): stop reviewer-less review dispatch from self-looping
- PR #97933: fix(kanban): guard first-review self-review when reviewer is omitted (#97910)
- PR #98153: fix(kanban): guard first-review self-review when reviewer is omitted (#97910)

A bug where omitting the reviewer in kanban_request_review causes the card author to be dispatched to review their own work, along with related fixes guarding against this self-review loop.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #97910: \[Bug\]: kanban_request_review without \`reviewer\` sends the card to review but keeps the implementer as assignee. the author is then dispatched to review their own work

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#95181: fix(kanban): stop reviewer-less review dispatch from self-looping**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `cli-config.yaml.example`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_review_lifecycle.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/kanban.md`
- **#97933: fix(kanban): guard first-review self-review when reviewer is omitted (#97910)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#95181`, `#92349`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_review_lifecycle_complete.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_self_review_guard.py`
- **#98153: fix(kanban): guard first-review self-review when reviewer is omitted (#97910)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#97933`, `#97933`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_review_lifecycle_complete.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_self_review_guard.py`

## Fix status

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