# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron external worker config hook registration fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where config.yaml shell hooks and outbound webhooks were not being registered for cron jobs running under an external worker, causing them to silently do nothing. The cluster covers the bug report, a fix attempt, and a follow-up salvage effort.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #132438. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #132438 (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-132438`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #131764: Cron external worker never registers config.yaml shell hooks — hooks silently dead for every scheduled job under a systemd gateway

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#132438: Config hooks and outbound webhooks fire for external-worker cron jobs (salvage #131831)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cron/scheduler.py`, `tests/cron/test_external_worker_config_hooks.py`
- **#131831: fix(cron): register the owning profile's config hooks in the external worker**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `946eafdf2f`, `8840751b8d`, `#132438`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #132438 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-03`.