# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows Scheduled Task staleness and repair issues

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address problems where Windows Scheduled Tasks become stale or misconfigured after updates, including missing restart-on-failure settings and the gateway reporting outdated task registration state. They involve detection and reconciliation of these stale tasks.

## 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 #114945. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114945 (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-114945`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #113670: \[Bug\]: pre-hardening Windows Scheduled Task is never re-registered — live task has no <RestartOnFailure>, and the wscript launcher makes a restart policy unreachable anyway

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114945: fix(gateway): Windows gateway status reports a stale Scheduled Task registration and the repair command (#113670, salvage #113674)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/gateway_windows.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_windows.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_windows.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_gateway_launcher_refresh.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/index.md`
- **#113674: fix: reconcile stale Windows Scheduled Tasks after update**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `084befaea780`, `#114945`, `#113670`, `#113674`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114945 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.