services/hermes/agent-configmap.yaml

@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ data:
       failure_limit: 2
       orchestrator_profile: default
       default_assignee: cli-auto
-      max_in_progress_per_profile: 1
+      # Allow two in-progress tasks for each normal Hermes gateway profile.
+      # Direct cli-* runner concurrency is set in execution-coordinator-patch.yaml.
+      max_in_progress_per_profile: 2
       auto_decompose: true
       auto_decompose_per_tick: 2
       # In-pod autonomous supervisor (kanban_supervisor.py). Default false so it

services/hermes/execution-coordinator-patch.yaml

@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ spec:
         - name: cli-lane-runner
           env:
             - {name: HERMES_CLI_LANE_OWNED_WORKSPACES_ONLY, value: "true"}
-            - {name: HERMES_CLI_LANE_CONCURRENCY, value: "1"}
+            # Cap simultaneous direct cli-* Codex/Claude runner processes;
+            # normal Hermes profiles use kanban.max_in_progress_per_profile.
+            - {name: HERMES_CLI_LANE_CONCURRENCY, value: "2"}
         - name: execution-pool-coordinator
           image: registry.bstein.dev/bstein/hermes-agent@sha256:81970563e542f0720773e72297810b3a844b83e381e278f25c0916c78d930107
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent

testing/tests/test_hermes_agent_layout.py

@@ -107,8 +107,10 @@ def test_agent_uses_one_native_kanban_control_plane():
         "default": "atlas/auto/balanced",
         "model": "atlas/auto/balanced",
     }
+    assert config["gateway"]["api_server"]["max_concurrent_runs"] == 4
     assert config["kanban"]["dispatch_in_gateway"] is True
     assert config["kanban"]["default_assignee"] == "cli-auto"
+    assert config["kanban"]["max_in_progress_per_profile"] == 2
     assert config["plugins"]["enabled"] == ["auto-router"]
 
     deployment = _agent_deployment()

testing/tests/test_hermes_execution_pool_assignment.py

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def test_additive_patch_replaces_local_lane_without_touching_base_deployment():
     environment = {item["name"]: item["value"] for item in local["env"]}
     assert environment == {
         "HERMES_CLI_LANE_OWNED_WORKSPACES_ONLY": "true",
-        "HERMES_CLI_LANE_CONCURRENCY": "1",
+        "HERMES_CLI_LANE_CONCURRENCY": "2",
     }
     assert pool["resources"]["requests"] == {"cpu": "50m", "memory": "128Mi"}
     access = next(item for item in pool["volumeMounts"] if item["name"] == "runtime-access")