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Cron bot-chat delivery crashes with deleted working directory

Cluster 102941. Data as of 2026-10-24 04:06 UTC

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #116916 on 20 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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A bug where the cron bot-chat delivery subprocess crashes at startup when spawned into a deleted or missing current working directory. Fixes involve ensuring a live working directory is passed at spawn time.

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#116916 fix(cron): bot-chat delivery survives a deleted scheduler cwd and the CLI starts from a gone directory (#102941, salvage #102967)

merged to main

files: cron/scheduler_delivery.py, hermes_cli/_startup_fast.py, tests/cron/test_cron_bot_chat_delivery.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_startup_fast_guards.py

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 1 · merged via another change 1

#102967 fix(cron): spawn bot-chat delivery from a live cwd · merged via another change → #116916, #102941
#102976 fix(cron): survive deleted cwd during bot-chat delivery · done elsewhere → #102941, #116916

Closed issues · 1

Closed#102941[Bug]: cron bot-chat delivery subprocess crashes in _startup_fast.py:60 ensure_project_root_on_path when spawned into a deleted cwd (spawn missing cwd=)

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Merged PRs: #116916
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 2 PRs closed without merging
Fix link checked: 20 Sep 2026

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