# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Regex backtracking fixes in lifecycle cron patterns

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address catastrophic backtracking in profile-flag lifecycle regex patterns used by cron and lifecycle guard logic. The work involves bounding scans, pinning consumption per token, and removing global-flag regex behavior to prevent gateway process freezes.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #129322. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #129322 (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-129322`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #129281: cron/lifecycle_guard: catastrophic backtracking in _PROFILE_FLAG_LIFECYCLE_PATTERN freezes the entire gateway process

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#129322: fix: prevent global-flag regex backtracking in the lifecycle guard and approval rules**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `cron/lifecycle_guard.py`, `tests/cron/test_lifecycle_guard_profile_scan.py`, `tests/tools/test_approval_global_flag_scan.py`, `tools/approval_detection.py`
- **#129282: fix(cron): bound profile flag lifecycle scan**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `9546b9dd687606d676799b50a0df6e136fc6db8a`, `897fd61c2a`, `#129322`, `#129322`, `#129322`
- **#129310: fix(cron): pin one consumption per token in the profile-flag lifecycle pattern**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#129322`, `#129322`, `#129322`, `#129322`
- **#129465: fix(cron): bound profile flag lifecycle scan**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#129322`, `#129322`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #129322 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-01`.