# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron off-tick fire drops future scheduled slot

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #110419: fix(cron): stop off-tick fires from dropping future slots

These items address a bug where a cron trigger firing outside its expected tick can incorrectly claim a future occurrence's identity, causing that scheduled slot to be silently skipped. The group includes the bug report and related fix attempts.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #111401. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #111401 (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-111401`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #110412: Cron: an off-tick fire can claim a future occurrence's identity, silently dropping that slot forever

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#111401: fix(cron): an off-tick fire no longer drops the next scheduled slot (#110412, salvage #106970 #110419)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `cron/jobs.py`, `cron/occurrences.py`, `cron/scheduler_provider.py`, `tests/cron/test_claim_job_for_fire.py`, `tests/cron/test_scheduled_occurrence.py`, `website/docs/developer-guide/cron-internals.md`
- **#110419: fix(cron): stop off-tick fires from dropping future slots**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#106970`, `#110412`
  - files: `cron/jobs.py`, `cron/occurrences.py`, `cron/scheduler_provider.py`, `tests/cron/test_claim_job_for_fire.py`, `tests/cron/test_scheduled_occurrence.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #111401 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-15`.
- Subsystem: `cron`