# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron script path error message uses wrong directory

## Open now

- 2 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #38693: \[Bug\]: Cron script validation error message hardcodes \`~/.hermes/scripts/\` instead of using \`$HERMES_HOME/scripts/\`
- #51765: Cron tool docs & error message use wrong script path resolution
- PR #38695: fix(tools): use display_hermes_home() in cron script validation error messages
- PR #39146: fix(cron): name actual HERMES_HOME in script path error message

Multiple fixes and a bug report addressing that cron script validation error messages hardcode \`~/.hermes/scripts/\` instead of resolving and displaying the actual \`$HERMES_HOME/scripts/\` path. The cluster also includes a related docs correction.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 2 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.36`: 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

- #38693: \[Bug\]: Cron script validation error message hardcodes \`~/.hermes/scripts/\` instead of using \`$HERMES_HOME/scripts/\`
- #51765: Cron tool docs & error message use wrong script path resolution

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#38695: fix(tools): use display_hermes_home() in cron script validation error messages**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/cron/test_cron_script.py`, `tools/cronjob_tools.py`
- **#39146: fix(cron): name actual HERMES_HOME in script path error message**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#51765`
  - files: `hermes_cli/banner.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_banner_upstream_remote.py`, `tests/tools/test_cronjob_tools.py`, `tools/cronjob_tools.py`
- **#39941: fix(cron): report active scripts dir in validation errors**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#38693`
- **#51877: fix(cron): point script-path error at the real HERMES_HOME/scripts dir**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#38695`, `#39146`, `#38695`

## Fix status

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