# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron no-agent workdir jobs serialization issue

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members concern a problem where cron jobs without an agent that use a working directory are run on a single-thread sequential pool, causing unnecessary serialization and potential starvation of other workdir jobs. A fix to run such jobs on a parallel pool instead is proposed or in progress.

## 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 #99534. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #99534 (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-99534`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #73804: Cron: no-agent script jobs with a workdir are needlessly serialized on the single-thread sequential pool (silent starvation of other workdir jobs)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#99534: fix(cron): isolate per-execution working directories (salvage #96573)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cron/scheduler.py`, `tests/cron/test_cron_failure_summarizer_inactivity.py`, `tests/cron/test_cron_workdir.py`, `tests/cron/test_execution_ledger.py`, `tests/cron/test_oneshot_dispatch_failure_run_claim.py`, `tests/cron/test_parallel_pool.py`, `tests/cron/test_scheduler.py`, `tests/cron/test_scheduler_cron_session_isolation.py`, `tests/cron/test_script_claim_heartbeat.py`, `tests/cron/test_terminal_cwd_lock.py`, `tests/tools/test_terminal_task_cwd.py`, `tools/environments/base.py`, `tools/environments/local.py`, `tools/terminal_tool.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/cron.md`, `website/i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/reference/environment-variables.md`, `website/i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/user-guide/features/cron.md`
- **#73817: fix(cron): run no-agent workdir jobs on parallel pool (#73804)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `b13fc5135a9b`, `#73804`, `#73836`, `#73817`, `#1`, `#15803`, `#14532`, `#6`, `#9`, `#374151`, `#4338`
- **#73836: fix(cron): parallelize no-agent workdir scripts**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#99534`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #99534 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-31`.
- Subsystem: `cron`