# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron worker failure visibility and state fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address cases where cron worker failures, lost runs, and stale claims are not properly surfaced or recorded. The work focuses on improving diagnostics, error reporting, and state management around cron worker lifecycle issues.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #129748. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #129748 (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-129748`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #129254: Cron agent-mode worker dies silently before agent starts (execution stuck, no error, no delivery)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#129748: fix(cron): surface acknowledged worker failures and release stale claims**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cron/executions.py`, `cron/scheduler.py`, `cron/scheduler_worker_failure.py`, `tests/cron/test_restart_safe_worker.py`, `tests/cron/test_restart_safe_worker_death_evidence.py`
- **#128616: fix(cron): record a lost manual run instead of reporting a restart that never happened**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `d3f3571f8c6`, `#129748`, `#129254`
- **#129256: fix(cron): preserve external worker startup diagnostics**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#129748`, `#129254`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #129748 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-01`.