# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron context plugin discovery and hook no-op issues

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Three members appear related: two pull requests propose changes to plugin discovery and middleware access for cron agents, and one issue reports that pre_tool_call and post_tool_call plugin hooks silently do nothing in cron context. The titles suggest a shared theme, but the details and outcomes are not shown.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #48043: Plugin hooks (pre_tool_call, post_tool_call) silently no-op in cron context

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#48132: fix(cron): discover plugins before cron agent construction (#48043)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#42287: fix(cron): guard _middleware access and ensure plugin discovery (#42197)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#42197`, `#42236`

## Fix status

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