feat(kanban): warn users that scratch workspaces are deleted on completion - #30949
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…etion First scratch workspace creation on an install now emits a one-shot warning log + a 'tip_scratch_workspace' event on the task. Sentinel file at ~/.hermes/kanban/.scratch_tip_shown silences subsequent creations across the whole install. Behavior unchanged — scratch is still ephemeral by design. This just makes the design visible to new users (reported in user community: 'progress files vanished, no warning anywhere'). Docs (en + ko) updated to spell out 'Deleted when the task completes' on the scratch bullet and 'Preserved on completion' on worktree/dir.
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…etion (NousResearch#30949) First scratch workspace creation on an install now emits a one-shot warning log + a 'tip_scratch_workspace' event on the task. Sentinel file at ~/.hermes/kanban/.scratch_tip_shown silences subsequent creations across the whole install. Behavior unchanged — scratch is still ephemeral by design. This just makes the design visible to new users (reported in user community: 'progress files vanished, no warning anywhere'). Docs (en + ko) updated to spell out 'Deleted when the task completes' on the scratch bullet and 'Preserved on completion' on worktree/dir.
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…etion (NousResearch#30949) First scratch workspace creation on an install now emits a one-shot warning log + a 'tip_scratch_workspace' event on the task. Sentinel file at ~/.hermes/kanban/.scratch_tip_shown silences subsequent creations across the whole install. Behavior unchanged — scratch is still ephemeral by design. This just makes the design visible to new users (reported in user community: 'progress files vanished, no warning anywhere'). Docs (en + ko) updated to spell out 'Deleted when the task completes' on the scratch bullet and 'Preserved on completion' on worktree/dir.
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…etion (NousResearch#30949) First scratch workspace creation on an install now emits a one-shot warning log + a 'tip_scratch_workspace' event on the task. Sentinel file at ~/.hermes/kanban/.scratch_tip_shown silences subsequent creations across the whole install. Behavior unchanged — scratch is still ephemeral by design. This just makes the design visible to new users (reported in user community: 'progress files vanished, no warning anywhere'). Docs (en + ko) updated to spell out 'Deleted when the task completes' on the scratch bullet and 'Preserved on completion' on worktree/dir.
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…etion (NousResearch#30949) First scratch workspace creation on an install now emits a one-shot warning log + a 'tip_scratch_workspace' event on the task. Sentinel file at ~/.hermes/kanban/.scratch_tip_shown silences subsequent creations across the whole install. Behavior unchanged — scratch is still ephemeral by design. This just makes the design visible to new users (reported in user community: 'progress files vanished, no warning anywhere'). Docs (en + ko) updated to spell out 'Deleted when the task completes' on the scratch bullet and 'Preserved on completion' on worktree/dir. #AI commit#
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…etion (NousResearch#30949) First scratch workspace creation on an install now emits a one-shot warning log + a 'tip_scratch_workspace' event on the task. Sentinel file at ~/.hermes/kanban/.scratch_tip_shown silences subsequent creations across the whole install. Behavior unchanged — scratch is still ephemeral by design. This just makes the design visible to new users (reported in user community: 'progress files vanished, no warning anywhere'). Docs (en + ko) updated to spell out 'Deleted when the task completes' on the scratch bullet and 'Preserved on completion' on worktree/dir.
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…etion (#30949) First scratch workspace creation on an install now emits a one-shot warning log + a 'tip_scratch_workspace' event on the task. Sentinel file at ~/.hermes/kanban/.scratch_tip_shown silences subsequent creations across the whole install. Behavior unchanged — scratch is still ephemeral by design. This just makes the design visible to new users (reported in user community: 'progress files vanished, no warning anywhere'). Docs (en + ko) updated to spell out 'Deleted when the task completes' on the scratch bullet and 'Preserved on completion' on worktree/dir.
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…etion (NousResearch#30949) First scratch workspace creation on an install now emits a one-shot warning log + a 'tip_scratch_workspace' event on the task. Sentinel file at ~/.hermes/kanban/.scratch_tip_shown silences subsequent creations across the whole install. Behavior unchanged — scratch is still ephemeral by design. This just makes the design visible to new users (reported in user community: 'progress files vanished, no warning anywhere'). Docs (en + ko) updated to spell out 'Deleted when the task completes' on the scratch bullet and 'Preserved on completion' on worktree/dir.
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…etion (NousResearch#30949) First scratch workspace creation on an install now emits a one-shot warning log + a 'tip_scratch_workspace' event on the task. Sentinel file at ~/.hermes/kanban/.scratch_tip_shown silences subsequent creations across the whole install. Behavior unchanged — scratch is still ephemeral by design. This just makes the design visible to new users (reported in user community: 'progress files vanished, no warning anywhere'). Docs (en + ko) updated to spell out 'Deleted when the task completes' on the scratch bullet and 'Preserved on completion' on worktree/dir.
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…etion (NousResearch#30949) First scratch workspace creation on an install now emits a one-shot warning log + a 'tip_scratch_workspace' event on the task. Sentinel file at ~/.hermes/kanban/.scratch_tip_shown silences subsequent creations across the whole install. Behavior unchanged — scratch is still ephemeral by design. This just makes the design visible to new users (reported in user community: 'progress files vanished, no warning anywhere'). Docs (en + ko) updated to spell out 'Deleted when the task completes' on the scratch bullet and 'Preserved on completion' on worktree/dir.
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…etion (NousResearch#30949) First scratch workspace creation on an install now emits a one-shot warning log + a 'tip_scratch_workspace' event on the task. Sentinel file at ~/.hermes/kanban/.scratch_tip_shown silences subsequent creations across the whole install. Behavior unchanged — scratch is still ephemeral by design. This just makes the design visible to new users (reported in user community: 'progress files vanished, no warning anywhere'). Docs (en + ko) updated to spell out 'Deleted when the task completes' on the scratch bullet and 'Preserved on completion' on worktree/dir.
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…etion (NousResearch#30949) First scratch workspace creation on an install now emits a one-shot warning log + a 'tip_scratch_workspace' event on the task. Sentinel file at ~/.hermes/kanban/.scratch_tip_shown silences subsequent creations across the whole install. Behavior unchanged — scratch is still ephemeral by design. This just makes the design visible to new users (reported in user community: 'progress files vanished, no warning anywhere'). Docs (en + ko) updated to spell out 'Deleted when the task completes' on the scratch bullet and 'Preserved on completion' on worktree/dir.
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Summary
Scratch kanban workspaces are intentionally ephemeral —
complete_taskcalls_cleanup_workspacewhichshutil.rmtrees the dir. Behavior is right; the lack of any user-facing warning is the bug. Community user lost worker output and asked for exactly this in #hermes-agent.Changes
hermes_cli/kanban_db.py:_maybe_emit_scratch_tip(conn, task_id, kind)fires on first scratch workspace materialization across an install — logs a WARNING and appends atip_scratch_workspaceevent on the task. Sentinel at~/.hermes/kanban/.scratch_tip_shownflips after first emit; per-install scope so new boards don't re-warn. Wired into both dispatcher spawn sites (regular + review). Best-effort everywhere — help message never blocks dispatch.website/docs/user-guide/features/kanban.md+ Korean i18n:scratchbullet now spells out "Deleted when the task completes" and points atworktree:/dir:<path>for persistence. Other two bullets tagged "Preserved on completion".tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_db.py: 2 tests — first verifies log + event fire once and stay silent on the second task; second verifiesworktree/dirworkspaces don't trigger the tip.Validation
tip_scratch_workspaceevent visible inhermes kanban show <id>worktree/dirworkspacestest_kanban_dbincl. 2 new + 220test_kanban_core_functionality/test_kanban_boards)Reported by Gwabo (Discord, HA channel) — workspace contents vanished after a task completed, suggested a first-use warning. Diagnosis was slightly off (he attributed it to a PC restart, but the wipe happens at
complete_tasktime regardless); the warning ask was right.