# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Preserve readable non-ASCII/CJK text in cron JSON output

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #26128: cronjob list/update displays Chinese text as Unicode escape sequences
- PR #5859: fix: add ensure_ascii=False to all json.dump calls for CJK readability

Members share one theme: cron job data (jobs.json) and cronjob tool output reportedly show Chinese/non-ASCII text as Unicode escape sequences, and several PRs propose using ensure_ascii=False or UTF-8 encoding to keep it readable. One member is an issue describing the symptom; the rest are proposed fixes with slightly different scopes.

## TL;DR

- 7 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 5 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.29`: 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

- #26128: cronjob list/update displays Chinese text as Unicode escape sequences

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#26266: fix(cron): stop escaping non-ASCII characters in jobs.json and tool output (#26128)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#26128`, `#5859`, `#26266`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#5859: fix: add ensure_ascii=False to all json.dump calls for CJK readability**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `cron/jobs.py`, `gateway/session.py`, `gateway/status.py`, `optional-skills/creative/meme-generation/scripts/generate_meme.py`, `tools/code_execution_tool.py`, `trajectory_compressor.py`, `website/scripts/extract-skills.py`
- **#26556: fix(cron): use ensure_ascii=False for CJK text in cronjob output**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#5859`, `#26266`, `#24880`, `#18785`
- **#27456: fix(cron): preserve non-ASCII characters in jobs.json**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#5859`, `#18785`, `#24880`, `#26266`, `#26556`
- **#29754: fix: ensure utf-8 encoding in jobs.json**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#81962`
- **#121853: fix(cron): preserve readable Unicode in tool responses (salvage #26266)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

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