diff --git a/hermes_cli/kanban_output.py b/hermes_cli/kanban_output.py
index c5abcce0c8..ed8ccf266e 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/kanban_output.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/kanban_output.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ _TASK_DICT_FIELDS = (
     "id", "title", "body", "assignee", "status", "priority", "tenant",
     "workspace_kind", "workspace_path", "branch_name", "project_id",
     "created_by", "created_at", "started_at", "completed_at", "result",
-    "skills", "max_retries", "model_override", "provider_override",
+    "skills", "max_runtime_seconds", "max_retries", "model_override", "provider_override",
     "session_id", "workflow_template_id", "current_step_key", "completion_contract", "last_failure_error",
 )
 _SHOW_RUN_FIELDS = (
diff --git a/tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_cli.py b/tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_cli.py
index 7ffee70c80..c00bfed210 100644
--- a/tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_cli.py
+++ b/tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_cli.py
@@ -59,6 +59,17 @@ def test_kanban_list_json_includes_session_id(kanban_home):
     )
 
 
+def test_kanban_show_json_includes_runtime_limit(kanban_home):
+    with kbc.connect() as conn:
+        task_id = kb.create_task(
+            conn, title="bounded task", max_runtime_seconds=2700
+        )
+
+    payload = json.loads(kc.run_slash(f"show {task_id} --json"))
+
+    assert payload["task"]["max_runtime_seconds"] == 2700
+
+
 def test_kanban_show_text_renders_graph_with_open_connection(kanban_home):
     with kbc.connect_closing() as conn:
         parent_id = kb.create_task(conn, title="parent task")