# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron bot-chat delivery crashes with deleted working directory

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

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.

## 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 #116916. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116916 (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-116916`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #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=)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#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 · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - 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`
- **#102967: fix(cron): spawn bot-chat delivery from a live cwd**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#116916`, `#102941`
- **#102976: fix(cron): survive deleted cwd during bot-chat delivery**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#102941`, `#116916`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116916 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.