# NousResearch/hermes-agent · systemd version compatibility for OOMPolicy property

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a failure where OOMPolicy=kill is rejected by older systemd versions (notably 249), causing cron and kanban worker dispatch to break. The fix involves negotiating or dropping unsupported transient scope properties based on the running systemd version.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #104152. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #104152 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-104152`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.50`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #102486: \[Bug\]: restart-safe cron worker dispatch fails closed on systemd 249 — OOMPolicy=kill rejected as unknown assignment

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#104152: fix(process): cron and kanban workers dispatch again on systemd < 253 — drop OOMPolicy from scope argv (#102486, salvage #102357)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_process_registry.py`, `tools/process_registry.py`
- **#102508: fix(process): negotiate the systemd properties a transient scope accepts**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#102357`, `#102486`
- **#102655: fix(cron): handle systemd 249 rejecting OOMPolicy=kill**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#102357`, `#102486`, `#102508`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #104152 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-06`.