# NousResearch/hermes-agent · NixOS module: linger service user for cron worker scope

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #110641: fix(nix): linger the service user so restart-safe cron workers get a user manager

These issues and PRs concern a NixOS module bug where cron workers cannot create a user scope because the service user is not lingered. The members focus on adding user lingering to enable restart-safe cron workers to function correctly.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #111489. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #111489 (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-111489`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #110628: \[Bug\]: NixOS module — cron never runs on a system service (restart-safe worker cannot create its user scope)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#111489: fix(nix): NixOS module lingers the service user so restart-safe cron workers get a user scope (#110628, salvage #110629)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `nix/checks.nix`, `nix/nixosModules.nix`, `website/docs/getting-started/nix-setup.md`
- **#110629: fix(nix): linger the service uid so cron can create its worker scope**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `ec30eefec9`, `ea5757a8fe`, `#110628`
- **#110641: fix(nix): linger the service user so restart-safe cron workers get a user manager**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#111489`, `#110628`
  - files: `nix/checks.nix`, `nix/nixosModules.nix`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #111489 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-15`.
- Subsystem: `environments`