# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron jobs.json env var placeholder expansion

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #107157: \[Feature\]: cron jobs.json should expand ${ENV_VAR} placeholders (model/provider) like config.yaml
- PR #107164: fix(cron): expand ${VAR} placeholders in per-job model/provider
- PR #107170: fix(cron): expand ${VAR} env refs in job runtime overrides at fire time

These items address a feature request and related fixes for expanding ${ENV_VAR} placeholders in cron jobs.json, specifically within per-job model, provider, and runtime override fields at job fire time.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #107157: \[Feature\]: cron jobs.json should expand ${ENV_VAR} placeholders (model/provider) like config.yaml

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#107164: fix(cron): expand ${VAR} placeholders in per-job model/provider**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `0469740ab3`, `b91088d768`
  - files: `cron/scheduler.py`, `tests/cron/test_cron_provider_pin.py`
- **#107170: fix(cron): expand ${VAR} env refs in job runtime overrides at fire time**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#107164`, `#107164`, `#107170`, `#9682`, `#107164`
  - files: `cron/scheduler.py`, `cron/scheduler_preflight.py`, `tests/cron/test_cron_job_env_refs.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `cron`