# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron heartbeat lock ordering deadlock fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address an AB-BA deadlock caused by holding the fire-fence lock during heartbeat save_jobs operations. The proposed fix involves dropping or reordering that lock to prevent the deadlock condition.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #106737: Bug: heartbeat_fire_claim holds fire_fence_lock during save_jobs → false failed status

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#106745: fix(cron): do not hold fire fence during heartbeat save_jobs**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `9a60a7f3167e`
- **#108772: fix(cron): drop fire-fence lock from heartbeat_fire_claim to break AB-BA deadlock (#106737)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#106745`, `#106737`, `#108359`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.