# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Tool cache invalidation tied to session environment

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #35561: \[Bug\]: cronjob tool can remain hidden if tool definitions are cached before gateway env is set
- PR #58635: fix(tools): scope availability cache by session context

These items address a bug where the cronjob tool could remain hidden due to stale cached tool definitions when gateway environment variables change. The fixes scope and refresh the availability cache based on session context.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #35561: \[Bug\]: cronjob tool can remain hidden if tool definitions are cached before gateway env is set

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#35605: fix(tools): refresh cache when session env changes**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#58635: fix(tools): scope availability cache by session context**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `model_tools.py`, `tests/test_get_tool_definitions_cache_isolation.py`, `tests/tools/test_cronjob_tool_availability.py`, `tests/tools/test_registry.py`, `tools/cronjob_tools.py`, `tools/registry.py`

## Fix status

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