# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron scheduler not parsing script arguments

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #20300: cron: scheduler does not parse script arguments (e.g. memory-ttl.py expire)
- PR #126790: fix(cron): parse arguments in the job \`script\` value

These issues and fixes address a bug where the cron scheduler fails to parse and pass arguments to job scripts before execution.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #20300: cron: scheduler does not parse script arguments (e.g. memory-ttl.py expire)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#29088: fix(cron): parse script args before execution**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#20354`, `#20300`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#20354: fix(cron): pass arguments to job scripts**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `27d4e4ecc837`, `2ccfdb2db4ee`
- **#126790: fix(cron): parse arguments in the job \`script\` value**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `23d9fd42e4`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `cron/lifecycle_guard.py`, `cron/scheduler_script.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server_cron.py`, `tests/cron/test_cron_script.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server_cron_profiles.py`, `tests/tools/test_cronjob_job_args.py`, `tools/cronjob_job_args.py`, `tools/cronjob_tools.py`

## Fix status

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