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Cron workers hanging due to inherited gateway env vars

Cluster 110932. Data as of 2026-10-26 12:29 UTC

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #111483 on 15 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items concern cron and unattended workers incorrectly inheriting gateway presence environment variables (HERMES_INTERACTIVE, HERMES_GATEWAY_SESSION, HERMES_EXEC_ASK), causing them to hang on approval cards. The work involves isolating or stripping those variables from external worker environments.

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#111483 fix(approval): cron and other unattended runs no longer hang on approval cards after inheriting gateway presence env (#110932, salvage #110949)

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files: cron/scheduler.py, tests/tools/test_cron_not_interactive.py, tests/tools/test_cronjob_tools.py, tools/approval.py, tools/cronjob_tools.py

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From the close comments: done elsewhere 1

#110942 fix(cron): isolate external worker presence env · done elsewhere → #111483

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Closed#110932Cron workers inherit gateway presence vars (HERMES_INTERACTIVE/HERMES_GATEWAY_SESSION/HERMES_EXEC_ASK) and hang on approval cards

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Merged PRs: #111483
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Fix link checked: 15 Sep 2026

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