# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron repeat update normalization and state corruption

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address a bug where repeat updates to cron jobs are not normalized to the expected dict format, potentially corrupting the cron repeat state. The fixes focus on ensuring repeat integer values are properly converted during API job updates.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #15582: API job repeat updates corrupt cron repeat state

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#15590: fix(cron): normalize repeat integer updates to dict format**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#18416: fix: normalize cron repeat updates**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

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