# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron final-run failure notices not delivered

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where error or failure notifications for recurring cron jobs are suppressed on the final run, even when no further retry is possible. The work focuses on ensuring unreachable or failure signals are surfaced rather than held back indefinitely.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #124035. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #124035 (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-124035`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #109990: Final repeat-limited cron failure is silenced even though no retry can run

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#124035: fix(cron): stop holding failure notices for retries that can never run (salvage #123141)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cron/unreachable_retry.py`, `tests/cron/test_unreachable_retry.py`
- **#109991: fix(cron): deliver unreachable errors on the final recurring run**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `cb399b56d964306bfad18b20edee30f88f777bf0`, `#124035`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #124035 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-26`.