From afae2dd9ecf373a0f5505f9f32003d1bcf2dba0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: QuenVix <164776164+QuenVix@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 20:14:21 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(kanban): keep board-management commands independent from
 board override

---
 hermes_cli/kanban.py                | 17 ++++++++---------
 tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_cli.py | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hermes_cli/kanban.py b/hermes_cli/kanban.py
index fa198a7dd2..a0e9d656b8 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/kanban.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/kanban.py
@@ -692,6 +692,14 @@ def kanban_command(args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
             )
         return 0
 
+    # Board-management commands operate on board metadata and the persisted
+    # current-board pointer itself. They must ignore the shared `--board`
+    # task-routing override; otherwise `/kanban --board beta boards show`
+    # reports beta as the current board even when the on-disk pointer is
+    # alpha.
+    if action == "boards":
+        return _dispatch_boards(args)
+
     # `--board <slug>` applies to every subcommand below by way of an
     # env-var pin for the duration of this call. Using HERMES_KANBAN_BOARD
     # (rather than threading `board=` through 50+ kb.connect() sites)
@@ -729,15 +737,6 @@ def kanban_command(args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
         os.environ["HERMES_KANBAN_BOARD"] = normed
         restore_board_env = True
 
-    # Boards management doesn't touch the DB at all — dispatch early so
-    # fresh installs that haven't initialized any DB can still use
-    # `hermes kanban boards create …`.
-    if action == "boards":
-        try:
-            return _dispatch_boards(args)
-        finally:
-            _restore_board_env()
-
     # Auto-initialize the DB before dispatching any subcommand. init_db
     # is idempotent, so running it every invocation is cheap (one
     # SELECT against sqlite_master when tables already exist) and
diff --git a/tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_cli.py b/tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_cli.py
index 241016a25d..7aaa46a619 100644
--- a/tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_cli.py
+++ b/tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_cli.py
@@ -402,3 +402,13 @@ def test_run_slash_board_override_restores_prior_env(kanban_home, monkeypatch):
     kc.run_slash("--board alpha list")
 
     assert os.environ.get("HERMES_KANBAN_BOARD") == "beta"
+
+
+def test_run_slash_board_override_does_not_change_boards_show_current(kanban_home):
+    kb.create_board("alpha")
+    kb.create_board("beta")
+    kb.set_current_board("alpha")
+
+    out = kc.run_slash("--board beta boards show")
+
+    assert "Current board: alpha" in out