# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron script path validation and security fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- #59599: cronjob create rejects absolute script paths without clear error guidance
- PR #38695: fix(tools): use display_hermes_home() in cron script validation error messages
- PR #59644: fix(cron): clear error when cronjob create rejects absolute script paths (#59599)
- PR #60475: fix(cron): resolve relative script paths relative to job workdir instead of cwd (#59599)

These issues and pull requests address path handling in cron job scripts, including rejection of absolute paths, path traversal guards, relative path resolution, and clearer error messaging.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #59599: cronjob create rejects absolute script paths without clear error guidance

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#38695: fix(tools): use display_hermes_home() in cron script validation error messages**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/cron/test_cron_script.py`, `tools/cronjob_tools.py`
- **#59644: fix(cron): clear error when cronjob create rejects absolute script paths (#59599)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/cron/test_create_error_messages.py`, `tools/cronjob_tools.py`
- **#60475: fix(cron): resolve relative script paths relative to job workdir instead of cwd (#59599)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `878b1d3d3`, `#59599`, `#59599`
  - files: `cron/scheduler.py`

## Fix status

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