# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron due scan executions.db connection handling

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #133883: cron: due scan opens and closes executions.db once per job every tick
- PR #134532: perf(cron): reuse one executions.db connection per due scan
- PR #135158: fix(cron): due scan shares one executions.db connection across the pass

These items address how the cron due scan opens, closes, or shares connections to executions.db, focusing on connection reuse and lifecycle per job tick.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #133883: cron: due scan opens and closes executions.db once per job every tick

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#134532: perf(cron): reuse one executions.db connection per due scan**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `cron/jobs.py`, `cron/jobs_diagnostics.py`, `cron/occurrences.py`, `tests/cron/test_due_scan_shared_ledger.py`
- **#135158: fix(cron): due scan shares one executions.db connection across the pass**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `cron/jobs.py`, `cron/occurrences.py`, `tests/cron/test_due_scan_executions_conn.py`

## Fix status

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