# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron job file paths fixed at import defeat test isolation

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #60014: cron.jobs module-level JOBS_FILE caching defeats HERMES_HOME test isolation — real jobs leak into production (see also #52611, #50681)

The members describe cron path constants (such as JOBS_FILE and CRON_DIR) being computed at import time, which reportedly bypasses HERMES_HOME test overrides and lets test fixtures touch a user's real jobs file. One member is a pull request proposing lazy path resolution; the others are issue reports of the same behavior.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.45`: 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

- #60014: cron.jobs module-level JOBS_FILE caching defeats HERMES_HOME test isolation — real jobs leak into production (see also #52611, #50681)

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #61673: tests: cron fixtures write into the user's live \`~/.hermes/cron/jobs.json\` — import-time \`CRON_DIR\` bake defeats the conftest \`HERMES_HOME\` monkeypatch

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#60824: fix(cron): resolve job paths lazily**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#60393`, `#60014`, `#61813`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._

## Fix status

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