# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron monitor output blocked by invisible Unicode chars

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A strict prompt scanner was flagging legitimate invisible Unicode characters (such as WhatsApp contact label formatting) in cron monitor script output, permanently blocking jobs. These items address sanitizing or relaxing that scanning behavior for monitor runtime prompt data.

## 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 #112199. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #112199 (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-112199`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #111523: Cron monitor_script output is scanned with the STRICT prompt scanner: one bidi/invisible character in honest data (WhatsApp U+202A contact labels) permanently blocks the job

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#112199: fix(cron): monitor_script/monitor_url output no longer blocks a job on an invisible unicode char (#111523, salvage #111528)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cron/scheduler.py`, `cron/scheduler_prompt.py`, `tests/cron/test_cron_prompt_injection_skill.py`, `tests/cron/test_monitor_kind.py`
- **#111528: fix(cron): sanitize monitor runtime prompt data**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `719a420ec6`, `#112199`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #112199 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-16`.