# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron no-agent script failure visibility bug fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where a no-agent cron script failure is silently overwritten by the next successful run, causing the failure to disappear from history. The fix preserves a sticky last-failure stamp so past failures remain visible even after subsequent successes.

## 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 #127596. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #127596 (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-127596`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #118354: \[Bug\]: no_agent cron script failure is erased by the next successful run - last_status and failure_streak self-heal, so a relapse is invisible

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#127596: fix(cron): keep a sticky last_failure stamp so a healed no_agent script failure stays visible**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cron/jobs.py`, `hermes_cli/cron.py`, `tests/cron/test_last_failure_stamp.py`
- **#118387: fix(cron): preserve no-agent script failure history**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#118354`, `#127596`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #127596 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-03`.