# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron recurring-to-one-shot transition bug fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #124222: \[Bug\]: a recurring cron job that has already run is deleted without firing when changed to a one-shot
- PR #124224: fix(cron): a recurring job turned one-shot starts a fresh run budget
- PR #124410: fix(cron): a recurring job edited into a one-shot fires instead of being deleted

These items address a bug where a recurring cron job converted to a one-shot behaves incorrectly — either being deleted without firing or mishandling the run budget. The group covers a bug report and related fix attempts around this specific transition scenario.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #124222: \[Bug\]: a recurring cron job that has already run is deleted without firing when changed to a one-shot

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#124224: fix(cron): a recurring job turned one-shot starts a fresh run budget**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `cron/jobs.py`, `tests/cron/test_jobs.py`
- **#124410: fix(cron): a recurring job edited into a one-shot fires instead of being deleted**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - 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`

## Fix status

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