# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot-chat cron delivery timeout booking fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where bot-chat delivery incorrectly booked a completed turn with a 600-second linger timeout, and related fixes to ensure the bot's turn is booked correctly rather than its exit linger.

## 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 #114898. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114898 (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-114898`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #113608: cron: bot-chat delivery books a completed turn as a 600s timeout (linger bound == delivery cap, so the cap always loses)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114898: fix(cron): bot-chat delivery books the bot's turn, not its exit linger — no more 600s timeouts on completed turns (#113608, supersedes #113649)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cli.py`, `cron/scheduler_delivery.py`, `hermes_cli/quiet_single_query.py`, `tests/cron/test_bot_chat_cli_home.py`, `tests/cron/test_bot_chat_pending.py`, `tests/cron/test_bot_chat_pending_identity.py`, `tests/cron/test_bot_chat_warning_replay.py`, `tests/cron/test_cron_bot_chat_delivery.py`, `tests/cron/test_cron_live_bot_delivery.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_quiet_single_query.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/cron.md`
- **#113649: fix(cron): reserve bot chat completion linger**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `4ce832eeb9d5`, `#114898`, `#113608`, `#113649`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114898 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.