# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron job parsing resilience for malformed entries

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address cases where invalid or malformed entries in jobs.json—such as non-object items or bad repeat counters—cause all cron jobs to stop firing. The changes aim to make the cron system skip or normalize bad data rather than halting entirely.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #124034. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #124034 (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-124034`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #123281: \[Bug\]: a single non-object entry in cron/jobs.json stops every cron job from firing

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#124034: fix(cron): keep firing when jobs.json has junk entries or a null repeat counter (salvage #123285)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `cron/jobs.py`, `tests/cron/test_jobs.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/cron.md`, `website/i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/user-guide/features/cron.md`
- **#124111: fix(cron): an Infinity or negative repeat.completed no longer breaks load_jobs**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `cron/jobs.py`, `tests/cron/test_jobs.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/cron.md`, `website/i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/user-guide/features/cron.md`
- **#123285: fix(cron): skip non-object entries in jobs.json instead of halting every tick**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `06a495cc5b`, `f077152871`, `#124034`, `#124111`
- **#123405: fix(cron): normalize malformed jobs at the store boundary**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `06a495cc5b`, `f077152871`, `#124034`, `#124111`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #124034 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-26`.