# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban goal-judge deadlock on same-card review

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #98160: \[Bug\]: Goal-mode Kanban task deadlocks on same-card request_review vs reviewer close-out
- PR #98259: fix(kanban): break goal-judge deadlock on same-card review requests
- PR #104127: fix(kanban): scope goal judge for review handoffs

These items address a deadlock or scoping bug in goal-mode Kanban where a card's goal judge conflicts with same-card review handoff logic. The work focuses on fixing how the goal judge is scoped during request_review and reviewer close-out interactions.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #98160: \[Bug\]: Goal-mode Kanban task deadlocks on same-card request_review vs reviewer close-out

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#98259: fix(kanban): break goal-judge deadlock on same-card review requests**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `59f6e7d42`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban.py`, `tests/tools/test_kanban_tools.py`, `tools/kanban_tools.py`
- **#104103: fix(kanban): scope goal judge for review handoffs**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`
- **#104127: fix(kanban): scope goal judge for review handoffs**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#98259`, `#98160`, `#104103`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_review_surfaces.py`, `tools/kanban_tools.py`

## Fix status

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