# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron sub-minute and seconds schedule support

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #44749: bug: cron relative timestamps fail for sub-minute schedules (e.g. 'in 10 seconds')
- PR #44751: fix(cron): add seconds support and honor sub-minute schedules
- PR #44871: fix(cron): add seconds support to parse_duration

These items address a bug where cron schedules with sub-minute intervals (e.g. 'in 10 seconds') fail, and introduce seconds support in duration parsing and scheduling logic.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #44749: bug: cron relative timestamps fail for sub-minute schedules (e.g. 'in 10 seconds')

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#44751: fix(cron): add seconds support and honor sub-minute schedules**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `cron/jobs.py`, `cron/scheduler_provider.py`, `tests/cron/test_jobs.py`, `tests/cron/test_scheduler_provider.py`, `tools/cronjob_tools.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/cron.md`
- **#44871: fix(cron): add seconds support to parse_duration**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#44751`, `#44749`
  - files: `cron/jobs.py`

## Fix status

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