# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron ticker clock drift fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items identify and address a drift problem in the cron ticker where sleeping after work causes jobs to fire progressively later over time. The proposed fixes replace sleep-after-work with sleep-to-deadline approaches to maintain a fixed period.

## 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 #114755. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114755 (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-114755`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #114467: Cron ticker drifts: sleep-after-work means jobs fire progressively later

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114755: fix(cron): ticker fires on a fixed period instead of drifting later each tick (#114467, salvage #114473)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `cron/scheduler_provider.py`, `tests/cron/test_cron_ticker_drift.py`
- **#114473: fix(cron): sleep to deadline in ticker loops to eliminate clock drift**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `14b50a763495`, `#114755`, `#114467`, `#114473`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114755 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.