# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Add unit tests for cron CLI background ticker

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #67102: hermes_cli/cron.py background ticker lacks dedicated unit tests
- PR #67168: test: add dedicated unit tests for cron background ticker (#67102)

These issues and pull requests focus on adding dedicated unit tests for the cron background ticker and related CLI helper functions in hermes_cli/cron.py. Coverage targets include cron_list, status, tick, and create helpers.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.39`: 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

- #67102: hermes_cli/cron.py background ticker lacks dedicated unit tests

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #35727: hermes_cli/cron.py background ticker lacks dedicated unit tests

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#35814: test(cron): cover CLI helper functions**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `3ba5ba89c`, `#59510`
- **#67168: test: add dedicated unit tests for cron background ticker (#67102)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `3ba5ba89c`, `de2fbd463d64`, `#35814`, `#40430`, `#40627`, `#59510`, `#67168`, `#35727`, `#67102`, `#374151`
  - files: `tests/hermes_cli/test_cron.py`

## Fix status

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