# NousResearch/hermes-agent · cron worker and systemd scope cache revalidation fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where the cron restart-safe worker silently fails after a user bus disappears due to a permanently cached systemd scope probe, along with related fixes to revalidate scope availability instead of repeatedly failing.

## 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 #111484. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #111484 (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-111484`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #110803: \[Bug\]: cron restart-safe worker silently fails after user bus disappears; permanent scope-probe cache never revalidates

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#111484: fix(cron): restart-safe worker names a vanished user bus and re-probes instead of failing every tick with exit 1 (#110803, salvage #110808)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cron/scheduler.py`, `tests/cron/test_restart_safe_worker.py`, `tests/tools/test_process_registry.py`, `tools/process_registry.py`
- **#110808: fix(tools): revalidate systemd scope availability**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #111484 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-15`.