# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron stale-process skips jobs via bad import

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where long-lived cron processes silently skip all jobs due to stale or incorrectly handled imports of a shared constant (\`FIRE_CLAIM_SKEW_SECONDS\`). The fixes target the import resolution path to prevent module skew in cached processes.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #114726. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114726 (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-114726`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.83`: 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

- #114672: \[Bug\] Stale long-lived process silently skips EVERY cron job: occurrences.py lazy-imports FIRE_CLAIM_SKEW_SECONDS from a cached old cron.jobs

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114726: fix(cron): a stale long-lived process no longer skips every job after an update (#114672, salvage #114675 #114692)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `cron/constants.py`, `cron/jobs.py`, `cron/occurrences.py`, `tests/cron/test_upgrade_module_skew.py`
- **#114675: fix(cron): avoid stale jobs module skew import**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#114726`, `#114692`
- **#114692: fix(cron): resolve shared fire-claim constants from a leaf module**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#114726`, `#114675`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114726 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.