# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron job per-job output token cap feature

## Open now

- 1 issue, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- #131119: cron: per-job max_tokens (create --max-tokens + jobs.json field honored by scheduler)
- PR #131136: feat(cron): support per-job output token caps
- PR #131139: fix(cron): cap scheduled agent output tokens
- PR #131140: feat(cron): per-job max_tokens caps the output tokens a job's turn requests

These issues and PRs relate to adding support for a per-job maximum output token limit in the cron scheduler, including a new --max-tokens flag at job creation and honoring a max_tokens field in jobs.json.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #131119: cron: per-job max_tokens (create --max-tokens + jobs.json field honored by scheduler)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#131136: feat(cron): support per-job output token caps**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `cron/jobs.py`, `cron/scheduler.py`, `hermes_cli/cron.py`, `hermes_cli/subcommands/cron.py`
- **#131139: fix(cron): cap scheduled agent output tokens**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `cron/jobs.py`, `cron/scheduler.py`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/cron.py`, `hermes_cli/subcommands/cron.py`, `tests/cron/test_max_tokens.py`, `tools/cronjob_tools.py`
- **#131140: feat(cron): per-job max_tokens caps the output tokens a job's turn requests**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#131119`, `#131136`, `#131139`, `#131139`, `#131139`, `#131139`, `#131139`
  - files: `cron/jobs.py`, `cron/scheduler.py`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/cron.py`, `hermes_cli/subcommands/cron.py`, `tests/cron/test_cron_max_tokens.py`, `tools/cronjob_tools.py`

## Fix status

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