# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron WhatsApp delivery routing bug and fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests concern a bug where cron jobs silently drop WhatsApp delivery because 'whatsapp' is missing from _HOME_TARGET_ENV_VARS, along with multiple fix attempts to add it and correctly route WhatsApp deliver jobs to the home channel.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 4 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #24659. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #24659 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.33`: 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

- #22997: \[Bug\]: Cron silently drops deliver: whatsapp — _HOME_TARGET_ENV_VARS missing whatsapp entry

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#24659: fix(cron): include whatsapp in _HOME_TARGET_ENV_VARS**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `cron/scheduler.py`
- **#22998: fix(cron): include whatsapp in _HOME_TARGET_ENV_VARS**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#24659`
- **#23059: fix: route cron whatsapp home delivery**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `d8c4460fe35e9a471b8b115b73c39527e5492477`, `#22998`, `#22998`, `#24659`, `#24659`, `#22997`
- **#23299: fix(cron): route whatsapp deliver jobs to home channel**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `d8c4460fe35e9a471b8b115b73c39527e5492477`, `#22997`, `#22998`, `#22998`, `#24659`
- **#23531: fix(cron): add whatsapp to _HOME_TARGET_ENV_VARS**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#24659`, `#22998`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #24659 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-05-13`.
- Subsystem: `cron`