# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Stale execution reap missing in one-shot cron path

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the one-shot \`hermes cron run\` path skips stale execution cleanup, causing killed runs to block manual retriggers for the full claim TTL. The members cover the bug report and related fix attempts to make the reap logic reachable in that code path.

## 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 #114966. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114966 (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-114966`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #113923: \[Bug\]: One-shot \`hermes cron run\` path skips \`_reap_stale_executions\` — a killed run blocks manual retriggers for the full 300s claim TTL

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114966: fix(cron): one-shot hermes cron run reaps a killed run's stale execution row; /cron run reports a refused run (#113923, salvage #113938)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/cli_commands_mixin.py`, `tests/cron/test_cron_run_stale_claim_reap.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_cron.py`, `tools/cronjob_tools.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/cron.md`
- **#86981: fix(cron): make the #86721 stale-execution reap reachable for hermes cron run**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `63f09c2d2c7e`, `#114966`, `#113923`, `#113938`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114966 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.
- Subsystem: `cron`