# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron child output Unicode decode error fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address UnicodeDecodeError crashes in cron child process output handling, specifically fixing lossy decoding and missing errors='replace' in Popen calls across Windows and POSIX platforms.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #116725. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116725 (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-116725`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #105582: cron no_agent script runs: Popen(text=True) without errors='replace' on POSIX kills tick with UnicodeDecodeError

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116725: fix(cron): bot-chat delivery keeps accented replies on Windows and stray bytes no longer kill cron child output (#115894, #105582, salvage #105597)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `cron/scheduler_delivery.py`, `cron/scheduler_script.py`, `tests/cron/test_cron_bot_chat_delivery.py`, `tests/cron/test_cron_script.py`
- **#105597: fix(cron): decode cron child output lossily, and as UTF-8 on Windows bot-chat delivery (#105582, #115894)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`; refs `#115894`, `#115910`
- **#105658: fix(cron): decode no_agent script stdout lossily on POSIX like Windows**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#105597`, `#105582`, `#66566`, `#105597`, `#105597`
- **#105820: fix(cron): use errors=replace for no_agent script Popen on all platforms (#105582)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#96673`, `#105597`, `#86967`, `#66566`, `#105582`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116725 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.