# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron script execution backend routing fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #29849: \[Bug\]: \`no_agent=True\` cronjob script execution ignores \`terminal.backend\`, always runs on scheduler host
- PR #80404: fix(cron): run script jobs through declared execution targets

These items address how cron/scheduled script jobs are routed to the correct execution backend or terminal target, including a bug where the backend setting was ignored and a fix to validate missing scripts at creation time.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #29849: \[Bug\]: \`no_agent=True\` cronjob script execution ignores \`terminal.backend\`, always runs on scheduler host

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#29896: fix(cron): reject missing cron scripts at create-time with scheduler-host hint**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#80404: fix(cron): run script jobs through declared execution targets**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `.github/workflows/ci.yaml`, `.github/workflows/docs-search-monitor.yml`, `.github/workflows/tests.yml`, `acp_adapter/catalog.py`, `acp_adapter/edit_approval.py`, `acp_adapter/elicitation.py`, `acp_adapter/entry.py`, `acp_adapter/gateway_server.py`, `acp_adapter/server.py`, `acp_adapter/session.py`, `agent/agent_init.py`, `agent/agent_init_ollama.py`, `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `agent/auxiliary_managed_local.py`, `agent/auxiliary_stream_watchdog.py`, `agent/auxiliary_structured_output.py`, `agent/background_review.py`, `agent/chat_completion_helpers.py`, `agent/chat_completion_local.py`, `agent/chat_completion_stream_monitor.py` (+2045 more)

## Fix status

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