# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Parsing natural-language cron schedule phrases

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address problems with parsing natural-language schedule expressions (such as weekday-at-time phrases) into valid cron expressions. A gap exists where the desktop interface advertises schedule formats that the parser does not accept.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #98271. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #98271 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-98271`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #51975: fix(cron): Desktop advertises natural schedules that parse_schedule rejects

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#51997: fix(cron): parse natural-language schedule phrases into cron expressions**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#51598`, `#51975`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#98271: fix(cron): Desktop's advertised natural schedules now parse (#51975, salvage #51598 #52504)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cron/jobs.py`, `tests/cron/test_jobs.py`, `tests/tools/test_cronjob_tools.py`, `tools/cronjob_tools.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/cron.md`
- **#52034: fix(cron): accept weekdays at time schedules**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#98271`, `#51975`, `#51598`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #98271 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-30`.
- Subsystem: `cron`