# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron lifecycle guard sanitization and false-positive fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address bugs and fixes related to the cron lifecycle guard incorrectly triggering on certain inputs, including oversized binaries and remote script content, with fixes moving sanitization to ingestion time rather than per-syscall.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #80258. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #80258 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #76510: \[Bug\] gateway lifecycle guard false-positives on oversized binaries referenced by absolute path

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#80258: fix(cron): make the lifecycle guard total — sanitize at ingestion, not per-syscall**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cron/lifecycle_guard.py`, `cron/scheduler.py`, `tests/cron/test_cron_no_agent.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_restart_loop.py`, `tools/terminal_tool.py`
- **#78067: fix(cron): skip binary content returned by remote script readers**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#80258`, `#76762`, `#77703`, `#77780`, `#78256`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #80258 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-06`.