# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Agent self-wake timer for idle session re-entry

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #122444: Feature: native self-wake heartbeat for long-running orchestrator sessions (CLI) — keep delegating loops alive without human polling
- PR #133646: feat(wake): agents can arm a one-shot self-wake that fires on every surface (#122444, salvage #123139)

These items concern a mechanism allowing agents or orchestrator sessions to schedule a one-shot self-wake that re-enters the idle loop, reducing reliance on external or human polling to keep long-running sessions alive.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #122444: Feature: native self-wake heartbeat for long-running orchestrator sessions (CLI) — keep delegating loops alive without human polling

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#123139: feat(hermes-cli): one-shot session self-wake deadline re-enters the idle loop (#122444)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#133646`
- **#133646: feat(wake): agents can arm a one-shot self-wake that fires on every surface (#122444, salvage #123139)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/conversation_compression.py`, `cron/scheduler.py`, `gateway/run_goals.py`, `gateway/run_idle_gates.py`, `gateway/run_startup.py`, `gateway/run_wake_watcher.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_loops_mixin.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_tui_runtime_mixin.py`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/observability/schemas/hermes.shared_metrics.v3.schema.json`, `hermes_cli/tools_config.py`, `hermes_cli/wake.py`, `tests/cron/test_agent_scheduling_gate.py`, `tests/gateway/test_wake_drivers.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_wake.py`, `tools/schedule_wake_tool.py`, `toolsets.py`, `tui_gateway/session_notifications.py`, `website/docs/reference/tools-reference.md`, `website/docs/reference/toolsets-reference.md` (+2 more)

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`