# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron restart-safe worker delivery timing fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug caused restart-safe cron workers to wait up to 60 seconds on a housekeeping tick before delivering, rather than draining immediately when queued. These items address that timing issue in the gateway's cron delivery 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 #117628. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #117628 (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-117628`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `1.00`: 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

- #117307: Cron: restart-safe worker waits ~60s on a live-adapter lane it cannot have before falling back to standalone

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117628: fix(gateway): restart-safe cron deliveries go out when queued, not on the next 60s housekeeping tick (#117307, salvage #117489)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/Christopher-Schulze@users.noreply.github.com`, `cron/delivery_queue.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `gateway/run_delivery_queue_watch.py`, `tests/gateway/test_cron_delivery_housekeeping.py`
- **#117489: fix(gateway): drain a restart-safe worker's cron delivery when it is queued, not on the next tick**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `49eb7b5dba`, `#117628`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #117628 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.