# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron script timeout orphaned process tree cleanup

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address a problem where cron script timeouts fail to kill descendant processes, leaving orphaned process trees. Multiple fix attempts explore process-group and process-tree kill strategies to make cleanup bounded and complete.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #93795. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #93795 (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-93795`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #71148: Cron script timeout leaves orphaned process trees (timeout kill doesn't reach descendants)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#93795: fix(cron): tree-kill script timeout descendants via agent.deadline.kill_process_tree (#85125 4a, salvage of #86791)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `cron/scheduler.py`, `tests/cron/test_cron_script.py`
- **#71152: fix(cron): kill whole process group on script timeout to prevent orphaned descendants (#71148)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#93795`, `#85125`, `#86791`, `#71148`
- **#71506: fix(cron): make script timeout process-tree cleanup bounded**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `a31be4803`, `011fad086`, `326fa2446`, `51dd37ffe`, `#74123`, `#59379`, `#74123`, `#59379`, `#71506`, `#74123`, `#59379`, `#71506`, `#74123`, `#59379`, `#71506`, `#59379`
- **#86791: fix(cron): tree-kill script timeout descendants via agent.deadline.kill_process_tree**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#93795`, `#93795`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #93795 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-27`.
- Subsystem: `cron`