# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron silent-log accuracy when agent not invoked

## Open now

- 1 issue, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- #41923: \[Bug\]: Cron scheduler logs “agent returned \[SILENT\]” when wakeAgent=false skipped the agent entirely
- PR #41928: fix(cron): distinguish wakeAgent=false from agent-returned \[SILENT\] in log
- PR #42017: fix(cron): preserve silent-delivery log semantics
- PR #42107: fix(cron): don't log "agent returned \[SILENT\]" when the agent was never invoked

These issues and PRs address a logging inaccuracy where the cron scheduler incorrectly logs 'agent returned \[SILENT\]' even when the agent was never invoked due to wakeAgent=false. The work focuses on distinguishing between an agent that ran and returned silent versus one that was skipped entirely.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 3 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #41923: \[Bug\]: Cron scheduler logs “agent returned \[SILENT\]” when wakeAgent=false skipped the agent entirely

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#41928: fix(cron): distinguish wakeAgent=false from agent-returned \[SILENT\] in log**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `f284d85efa308fa2a4169defc455e20d6b51336a`
  - files: `cron/scheduler.py`
- **#42017: fix(cron): preserve silent-delivery log semantics**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `cron/scheduler.py`, `tests/cron/test_scheduler.py`
- **#42107: fix(cron): don't log "agent returned \[SILENT\]" when the agent was never invoked**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `cron/scheduler.py`, `tests/cron/test_cron_no_agent.py`, `tests/cron/test_run_one_job.py`, `tests/cron/test_scheduler.py`

## Fix status

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