fix(kanban): active_pr respawn guard is now PR-state-aware, not text-only (t_edd7abd5) - #29
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…only (t_edd7abd5) check_respawn_guard() step 4 previously froze a task's respawn for _RESPAWN_GUARD_PR_WINDOW seconds on the mere PRESENCE of any GitHub PR URL in a recent comment, regardless of whether that PR was still open. Observed live: t_771d2af9 (/overwatch dashboard work) was guarded 'active_pr' on three consecutive dispatch ticks even though every overwatch PR (NousResearch#888/NousResearch#889/NousResearch#890/NousResearch#895/NousResearch#898) was already MERGED — the URLs were merely cited as context in orchestrator comments. This converted "someone mentioned a PR link" into an involuntary dispatch freeze that got worse the more productive a lane was. Fix: resolve each cited PR's live state via `gh api repos/<owner>/<repo>/pulls/<n> --jq .state` (reusing existing gh auth), cached in-process for 5 minutes. state=open holds the guard; state=closed (covers both closed and merged) clears it immediately. Unresolvable state (gh missing/unauthenticated/network error/malformed response) fails CLOSED exactly as the old text-only guard did -- this makes the guard smarter about clearing, never more permissive about holding when nothing can be verified. Citation identity (worker vs. orchestrator vs. reviewer) is irrelevant; only live PR state decides. Layers on top of the fork's existing 1h window + code-task scoping (HAA 2026-07-29 option B) without reverting either. Tests: merged/closed PR URL does not guard; open PR URL does guard; PR URL cited by a non-worker author does not guard once merged; unresolvable state fails closed; gh api output parsing (open/closed/unparseable); in-process cache TTL behavior; full existing respawn-guard suite (comment-ordering, requeue-bypass, code-task scoping) re-verified green with the new state check patched to a fixed value. 262 tests passed via scripts/run_tests.sh (per-file isolated runner matching CI). ruff clean. Same defect class as the dependency-block cooldown defect (t_360d58da): a respawn guard recomputing a hold from stale/derived signals instead of the live, authoritative state of the thing it's guarding against.
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GATEWAY-VERDICT: TRC=PASS head=19f5b3b594b3af165c61cb9cdb56dc0ef49d7c06 TRC exact-head technical review — PR #29Candidate: Scope reviewed
Council lenses applied
Behavior proven (structurally + by tests)
Residual (non-blocking)
VerdictTRC=PASS at exact head Owner after this comment: Rhea Ramos (RRA) merge lane / SSC-DAN approval identity. Producing engineer (arturo-gallo) has completed delivery evidence. — Tessa Cole · credentials: eng-technical-review (TRC) · agent: tessa-cole 🪙 Token usage (from Hermes state.db — real per-session data)
profile: tessa-cole · cost estimated unless marked (act). Recorded per the tokens-to-value deliverable. CPTC actual: compare these real tokens with the predicted Complexity Points on the technical-scope sub-issue. |
CTO SSC-DAN final-approver read — VERDICT: HOLD (no approval cast; gateway NOT invoked)Reviewed at the exact requested head What passes
Fatal gaps — each independently blocks approval
Why the gateway was not "probed"There is no dry-run/probe mode. Pointing Routing (this HOLD self-heals — CTO is not idling)
No approval will be cast until AGA + STMA + TRC each post a genuine, correctly-authored PASS marker at the current head, the Linear issue is linked and in the right state, and no ACEA block appears. |
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GATEWAY-VERDICT: TRC=HOLD head=19f5b3b594b3af165c61cb9cdb56dc0ef49d7c06 TRC tribunal disposition — HOLD (not PASS)PR: #29 Why HOLD (gates)
What is green (content + CI — not a gateway PASS)
Content stance (separate from gateway marker)SOUND / PASS-eligible if and only if a non-author allow-listed identity re-casts TRC (and AGA+STMA) at the then-current head. Defect closed by design (t_edd7abd5):
Non-blocking notes (do not drive HOLD):
Intentionally NOT done
Unblock path
Kanban: — Tessa Cole · credentials: eng-technical-review (TRC) · agent: tessa-cole 🪙 Token usage (from Hermes state.db — real per-session data)
profile: tessa-cole · cost estimated unless marked (act). Recorded per the tokens-to-value deliverable. CPTC actual: compare these real tokens with the predicted Complexity Points on the technical-scope sub-issue. |
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GATEWAY-VERDICT: STMA=HOLD head=19f5b3b594b3af165c61cb9cdb56dc0ef49d7c06 STMA exact-head security review — PR #29PR: #29 Why HOLD (identity wall, fatal for PASS)Live posting identity is the PR author. An author-cast STMA lens — findings (content-only, does not drive a PASS marker)Reviewed
Verdict on content: SOUND. No unmitigated risk at or above Low severity identified. All required CI green at this exact head (8/8 Python test slices, ruff/ty/Windows-footgun lints, OSV + supply-chain scan, e2e). Concur with TRC's technical assessment that this is PASS-eligible pending a non-author identity to cast it. Non-blocking observations (do not drive HOLD)
Intentionally NOT done
Unblock path (same as TRC's, concurring)
Kanban: — Simone Park · credentials: helios-agent-stma (STMA) · agent: simone-park 🪙 Token usage (from Hermes state.db — real per-session data)
profile: simone-park · cost estimated unless marked (act). Recorded per the tokens-to-value deliverable. CPTC actual: compare these real tokens with the predicted Complexity Points on the technical-scope sub-issue. |
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GATEWAY-VERDICT: AGA=HOLD head=19f5b3b594b3af165c61cb9cdb56dc0ef49d7c06 AGA architecture review — PR #29 — HOLD (not PASS)PR: #29 Why HOLD (not PASS)
What is green (content + CI — informational, not a gateway PASS)
Architecture assessment (content stance, separate from gateway marker)Change addresses
Disposition: content is PASS-eligible; gateway marker is HOLD until D-2 provisioning ( Intentionally NOT done
Kanban: — Arturo Gallo · credentials: helios-agent-aga (AGA) · agent: arturo-gallo 🪙 Token usage (from Hermes state.db — real per-session data)
profile: arturo-gallo · cost estimated unless marked (act). Recorded per the tokens-to-value deliverable. CPTC actual: compare these real tokens with the predicted Complexity Points on the technical-scope sub-issue. |
Defect
check_respawn_guard()step 4 froze a task's respawn on the mere PRESENCE of a GitHub PR URL in a recent comment — never checking whether that PR was still open. Observed live:t_771d2af9(/overwatch dashboard work) was guardedactive_pron three consecutive dispatch ticks even though every overwatch PR (NousResearch#888/NousResearch#889/NousResearch#890/NousResearch#895/NousResearch#898) was already MERGED — the URLs were merely cited as context in orchestrator comments. Reported by Miles Turing 2026-08-03; blocked HAA-priority work for hours.Fix
_resolve_pr_open_state(owner, repo, number)resolves live PR state viagh api repos/<owner>/<repo>/pulls/<n> --jq .state(reusing whateverghauth the host already has), cached in-process for 5 minutes.state == "open"→ guard holds.state == "closed"(covers merged too — GitHub reports merged PRs asclosed+merged: true) → guard clears immediately, no matter how recently cited.None, fails CLOSED exactly as the old text-only guard did. State-awareness makes the guard smarter about clearing, never more permissive about holding when nothing can be verified.Layers on top of the fork's existing 1h window + code-task scoping (HAA 2026-07-29 option B) without reverting either.
Design ruling
Full AGA ruling + root cause writeup:
knowledge/projects/kanban-active-pr-respawn-guard-state-aware.md(OBV-HELIos repo).Tests
gh apioutput parsing (open/closed/unparseable)scripts/run_tests.sh tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_db.py tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_respawn_guard.py→ 262 passed, 0 failed (per-file isolated runner matching CI).ruff checkclean.Kanban: t_edd7abd5
Same defect class as the dependency-block cooldown defect (t_360d58da).