# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Add two-tier daemon liveness check to cron

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #69976: feat(cron): 新增 cron/daemon.py，补齐 daemon_alive() 两级检测（独立 daemon + gateway in-process）
- PR #70020: feat(cron): add daemon_alive() two-level heartbeat check

These items all introduce a daemon_alive() function with two-level heartbeat detection, covering both standalone daemon and gateway in-process scenarios. The work appears in a new or updated cron/daemon.py module.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #69976: feat(cron): 新增 cron/daemon.py，补齐 daemon_alive() 两级检测（独立 daemon + gateway in-process）

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#70004: feat(cron): add daemon_alive() with two-tier detection**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#70010: feat(cron): add daemon_alive() with two-tier detection**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#70020: feat(cron): add daemon_alive() two-level heartbeat check**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#43864`, `#69976`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `cron/daemon.py`

## Fix status

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