# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron job failure alert frequency and noise

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address the problem of cron job failures triggering repeated alerts on every run, and explore approaches to alert once per incident with a cooldown reminder rather than continuously.

## 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 #114807. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114807 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #113684: cron: a failing job re-alerts on every run, so operators mute failures entirely

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114807: fix(cron): a failing job alerts once per incident, then reminds on a cooldown (#113665, salvage #113685)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `cron/incidents.py`, `cron/scheduler.py`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `tests/cron/test_cron_incidents.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/cron.md`
- **#113686: fix(cron): suppress repeated failure alerts**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#114807`, `#113685`, `#113665`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114807 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.