# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron jobs deferred during active update window

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #113293: \[Bug\]: a cron job due during an update fires into the swap window, fails, and loses its slot
- PR #111842: fix(cron): defer due jobs while an update holds the install

A bug where cron jobs due during an update fire into the swap window and lose their slot, addressed by deferring tick dispatch while an update holds the install lock.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #113293: \[Bug\]: a cron job due during an update fires into the swap window, fails, and loses its slot

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#111842: fix(cron): defer due jobs while an update holds the install**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `cron/scheduler.py`, `cron/scheduler_preflight.py`, `tests/cron/test_cron_update_lock_gate.py`
- **#113588: fix(cron): defer tick dispatch while an update holds the lock**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#111842`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `cron`