# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron heartbeat test flakiness and assertion fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a flaky cron heartbeat test by shifting its assertion strategy from inferring attempt counts to asserting elapsed-time grace directly. The work involves stabilizing the test to reduce non-deterministic failures.

## 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 #112228. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #112228 (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-112228`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #111471: Flaky cron heartbeat test infers attempt count from elapsed-time grace

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#112228: test(cron): heartbeat grace test asserts the elapsed contract, not an attempt count (#111471, salvage #111477)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/cron/test_script_claim_heartbeat.py`
- **#111477: test(cron): stabilize heartbeat grace assertion**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `e33693c932`, `#112228`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #112228 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-16`.