# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron standalone delivery unbounded wait and drain block

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where a hung or wedged cron standalone-delivery run could hold the restart drain indefinitely. Fixes involve bounding the standalone send lane with a wall-clock timeout so a stuck run no longer blocks indefinitely.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #116999. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116999 (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-116705`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #115469: \[Bug\]: Cron standalone-delivery fallback waits unbounded; a hung cron run can never be skipped by the restart drain

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116705: fix(cron): a hung standalone delivery no longer pins the run and the restart drain forever (#115469, salvage #115477)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cron/scheduler_delivery.py`, `tests/cron/test_cron_live_delivery_confirmation.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/cron.md`
- **#116999: fix(gateway): a wedged cron run no longer holds the restart drain until the cap (#115469)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cron/scheduler.py`, `gateway/run_shutdown.py`, `tests/gateway/test_restart_drain.py`, `website/docs/getting-started/updating.md`
- **#115477: fix(cron): bound the standalone send lane with a wall-clock timeout**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `729b1c3d56c0`, `#116705`, `#115469`, `#115477`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116999 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.