fix(gateway): quiet corrupt kanban dispatcher boards

tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_core_functionality.py

@@ -3414,6 +3414,82 @@ def test_gateway_dispatcher_watcher_env_truthy_uses_config(monkeypatch):
     )
 
 
+def test_gateway_dispatcher_disables_corrupt_board_without_traceback(
+    monkeypatch, tmp_path, caplog
+):
+    """Corrupt board DBs log one actionable error and stop retrying per tick."""
+    import asyncio
+    import logging
+    import sqlite3
+
+    from gateway.run import GatewayRunner
+    import hermes_cli.config as _cfg_mod
+    import hermes_cli.kanban_db as _kb
+
+    runner = object.__new__(GatewayRunner)
+    runner._running = True
+    corrupt_db = tmp_path / "kanban.db"
+    corrupt_db.write_text("not sqlite", encoding="utf-8")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        _cfg_mod,
+        "load_config",
+        lambda: {
+            "kanban": {
+                "dispatch_in_gateway": True,
+                "dispatch_interval_seconds": 1,
+            }
+        },
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        _kb,
+        "list_boards",
+        lambda include_archived=False: [{"slug": _kb.DEFAULT_BOARD}],
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        _kb,
+        "read_board_metadata",
+        lambda slug: {"slug": slug},
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(_kb, "kanban_db_path", lambda board=None: corrupt_db)
+
+    calls = {"connect": 0, "to_thread": 0}
+
+    def _connect(*args, **kwargs):
+        calls["connect"] += 1
+        raise sqlite3.DatabaseError("file is not a database")
+
+    async def _to_thread(fn, *args, **kwargs):
+        calls["to_thread"] += 1
+        result = fn(*args, **kwargs)
+        if calls["to_thread"] >= 4:
+            runner._running = False
+        return result
+
+    async def _sleep(_delay):
+        return None
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(_kb, "connect", _connect)
+    monkeypatch.setattr("gateway.run.asyncio.to_thread", _to_thread)
+    monkeypatch.setattr("gateway.run.asyncio.sleep", _sleep)
+
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.ERROR, logger="gateway.run"):
+        asyncio.run(
+            asyncio.wait_for(
+                runner._kanban_dispatcher_watcher(),
+                timeout=3.0,
+            )
+        )
+
+    messages = [record.getMessage() for record in caplog.records]
+    assert sum("not a valid SQLite database" in msg for msg in messages) == 1
+    assert not any("tick failed on board" in msg for msg in messages)
+    assert not any(record.exc_info for record in caplog.records)
+    # First tick connect + two ready-queue probes. The second dispatch tick
+    # skips connect because the corrupt board fingerprint is disabled.
+    assert calls["connect"] == 3
+
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Hallucination gate (created_cards verify + prose scan)
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

tests/run_agent/test_provider_parity.py

@@ -254,8 +254,12 @@ class TestDeveloperRoleSwap:
         assert messages[0]["role"] == "system"
 
     def test_developer_role_via_nous_portal(self, monkeypatch):
-        agent = _make_agent(monkeypatch, "nous", base_url="https://inference-api.nousresearch.com/v1")
-        agent.model = "gpt-5"
+        agent = _make_agent(
+            monkeypatch,
+            "nous",
+            base_url="https://inference-api.nousresearch.com/v1",
+            model="gpt-5",
+        )
         messages = [
             {"role": "system", "content": "You are helpful."},
             {"role": "user", "content": "hi"},
@@ -346,14 +350,24 @@ class TestBuildApiKwargsAIGateway:
 class TestBuildApiKwargsNousPortal:
     def test_includes_nous_product_tags(self, monkeypatch):
         from agent.portal_tags import nous_portal_tags
-        agent = _make_agent(monkeypatch, "nous", base_url="https://inference-api.nousresearch.com/v1")
+        agent = _make_agent(
+            monkeypatch,
+            "nous",
+            base_url="https://inference-api.nousresearch.com/v1",
+            model="gpt-5",
+        )
         messages = [{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}]
         kwargs = agent._build_api_kwargs(messages)
         extra = kwargs.get("extra_body", {})
         assert extra.get("tags") == nous_portal_tags()
 
     def test_uses_chat_completions_format(self, monkeypatch):
-        agent = _make_agent(monkeypatch, "nous", base_url="https://inference-api.nousresearch.com/v1")
+        agent = _make_agent(
+            monkeypatch,
+            "nous",
+            base_url="https://inference-api.nousresearch.com/v1",
+            model="gpt-5",
+        )
         messages = [{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}]
         kwargs = agent._build_api_kwargs(messages)
         assert "messages" in kwargs