# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway cron ticker cleanup on failure paths

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern the gateway failing to clean up cron tickers and related housekeeping during error or failure shutdown paths. A guard for None sessions in the /new route appears alongside the cleanup fix.

## 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 #109199. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #109199 (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-109199`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #12175: start_gateway() skips cron ticker cleanup on failure shutdown

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#109199: fix(gateway): failure exit still stops cron, housekeeping and MCP (#12175, salvage #55031)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/test_startup_restart_race.py`
- **#55031: fix(gateway): run cron/housekeeping/MCP cleanup before failure return**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `3aea61dbff`, `#109199`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #109199 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-12`.
- Subsystem: `cron`