# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron job output includes unwanted model reasoning text

## Open now

- 2 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #50930: \[Bug\]: Untagged plain-text reasoning leaks into cron job output (no <think> tags)
- #52934: \[Bug\]: Claude models include thinking blocks in cron job output
- PR #53383: fix(cron): delimit cron deliverable output
- PR #62511: fix(cron): strip thinking scratchpads from job delivery

These issues and fixes address a bug where AI model thinking or reasoning content leaks into cron job output, either as untagged plain text or as delimited thinking blocks. The work involves stripping or delimiting that scratchpad content before delivery.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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

- #50930: \[Bug\]: Untagged plain-text reasoning leaks into cron job output (no <think> tags)
- #52934: \[Bug\]: Claude models include thinking blocks in cron job output

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#53383: fix(cron): delimit cron deliverable output**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `cron/scheduler.py`, `cron/scheduler_delivery.py`, `cron/scheduler_prompt.py`, `tests/cron/test_scheduler.py`
- **#62511: fix(cron): strip thinking scratchpads from job delivery**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `cron/scheduler.py`, `cron/scheduler_prompt.py`, `tests/cron/test_cron_strip_thinking.py`

## Fix status

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