# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron invisible-unicode scanner alignment and hardening

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a gap where the cron injection scanner did not cover the same invisible-unicode character classes as the install-time scanner. Work focuses on syncing the two scanners and hardening related environment and cron safeguards.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #52960. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #52960 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-52960`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #35075: \[Bug\]: cron injection scanner misses invisible-unicode classes the install-time scanner catches

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#35077: fix(security): align cron invisible-unicode set with the install-time scanner**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `fbfccbb3eee867477b64d2a79178949cc4c67ce7`, `#35075`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#35150: fix(cron): sync invisible-unicode set with threat_patterns (#35075)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `fbfccbb3eee867477b64d2a79178949cc4c67ce7`, `#35077`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#52960: fix(security): align cron invisible-unicode set with install-time scanner**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `scripts/release.py`, `tests/tools/test_cron_prompt_injection.py`, `tools/cronjob_tools.py`
- **#35951: security: harden env and cron safeguards**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #52960 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-06-26`.
- Subsystem: `cron`