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Teknium 0146cb2bd2 feat(kanban): runs as first-class (v1); structured handoffs; forward-compat for v2 workflows
Addresses vulcan-artivus's RFC review on issue #16102. Picks up the
structural changes that are expensive to retrofit later and zero-cost
to land now; defers workflow-template routing + per-stage lanes to v2
(kept forward-compat hooks in the schema).

Kernel
  - New `task_runs` table. Each claim opens a run (pid, claim_lock,
    heartbeat, max_runtime, started_at), each terminal transition
    closes it with an outcome (completed / blocked / crashed /
    timed_out / spawn_failed / gave_up / reclaimed). Multiple rows per
    task when retries happen, preserving full attempt history.
  - `tasks.current_run_id` points at the active run (NULL when idle);
    denormalised for cheap reads.
  - `task_events.run_id` carries the run a given event belongs to so
    UIs group events by attempt. claim/spawned/complete/block/crash/
    timeout/spawn_fail/gave_up/heartbeat events are all run-scoped;
    created/promoted/assigned/edited stay task-scoped (run_id=NULL).
  - Legacy DBs: migration adds the columns + indexes + synthesizes a
    run row for any task that's 'running' before the runs table
    existed, so subsequent complete/heartbeat/reclaim calls have a
    target. Idempotent.

Structured handoff
  - `complete_task(summary=, metadata=)` persists both on the closing
    run. `summary` falls back to `result` when omitted so single-run
    callers don't duplicate. `metadata` is a free-form dict
    ({changed_files, tests_run, findings, ...}).
  - `build_worker_context` rewrites: now reads "Prior attempts on this
    task" (closed runs: outcome, summary, error, metadata) and
    "Parent task results" pulls run.summary + run.metadata of the
    most-recent completed run per parent, falling back to task.result
    for legacy rows without runs. Retrying workers see why earlier
    attempts failed; downstream workers see parent handoffs
    structurally, not as loose `result` strings.

CLI
  - `hermes kanban complete <id> --summary "..." --metadata '{"files":1}'`.
    JSON is parsed and rejected with exit-2 if malformed.
  - New `hermes kanban runs <id> [--json]` verb. Shows per-run rows:
    outcome, profile, elapsed, summary, error. JSON mode serializes
    the full run dataclass for scripting.

Dashboard plugin
  - GET /tasks/:id now carries a runs[] array alongside task / events /
    comments / links. Each run serialised with outcome, summary,
    metadata, worker_pid, elapsed fields.
  - New Run History section in the drawer. Outcome-coloured left
    border (green=active, blue=completed, amber=reclaimed,
    red=crashed/timed_out/gave_up/blocked). Collapsed when >3 runs
    with a '+N earlier' toggle. Shows summary + error + metadata
    inline.

Forward-compat for v2 (vulcan's workflow templates + stages)
  - `tasks.workflow_template_id` and `tasks.current_step_key` added as
    nullable columns. v1 kernel ignores them for routing; v2 will add
    workflow_templates + workflow_steps tables and wire the dispatcher
    to consult them. task_runs has a matching `step_key` column. Lets
    a v2 release land additively without another schema migration.

Tests (+22 in test_kanban_core_functionality.py, +2 in dashboard)
  - run_created_on_claim / run_closed_on_complete_with_summary
  - run_summary_falls_back_to_result
  - multiple_attempts_preserved_as_runs (3 attempts: reclaimed →
    crashed → completed, all visible in list_runs)
  - run_on_block_with_reason / run_on_spawn_failure_records_failed_runs
    (5 spawn_failed runs + 1 gave_up run)
  - event_rows_carry_run_id (task-scoped vs run-scoped split)
  - build_worker_context_includes_prior_attempts
  - build_worker_context_uses_parent_run_summary (metadata JSON in context)
  - migration_backfills_inflight_run_for_legacy_db (simulates a
    pre-migration running task, re-runs init_db, asserts backfill)
  - forward_compat_columns_writable
  - cli_runs_verb + cli_runs_json
  - cli_complete_with_summary_and_metadata (JSON round-trip through
    shlex + argparse)
  - cli_complete_bad_metadata_exits_nonzero
  - task_detail_includes_runs / task_detail_runs_empty_before_claim

269/269 kanban suite pass under scripts/run_tests.sh. Live-smoke
covered: single-attempt complete → run closed + summary persisted;
retry scenario → two runs visible (blocked + completed); parent run
summary + metadata surfaced to child via build_worker_context;
forward-compat columns writable via UPDATE; GET /tasks/:id returns
runs[].

Docs
  - New 'Runs — one row per attempt' section in kanban.md: the
    why (full attempt history, structured metadata), the two-table
    model (task is logical, run is execution), the structured handoff
    shape (--summary / --metadata), example CLI + dashboard output,
    forward-compat note for v2.
  - Event reference updated to mention task_events.run_id.
  - CLI reference gains 'hermes kanban runs <id>'.

Not in v1 (deferred to v2):
  - Workflow templates (workflow_templates + workflow_steps tables,
    stage-based routing, success/failure step links).
  - 'stage' as a distinct axis from status in the UI.
  - Shared-by-default workspace binding across stages of the same
    workflow run.
  - Pipeline replacement for the kanban-orchestrator skill (the
    orchestrator's 'decompose, don't execute' guidance is still
    correct; it becomes partly redundant once workflows land).
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