# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron subprocess isolation and signal handling fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where MCP lifecycle SIGTERM signals were killing cron no_agent scripts that shared the gateway process group, along with fixes to isolate those subprocesses and correct Trigger execution behavior.

## 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 #70638. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #70638 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #78432: \[Bug\] MCP lifecycle teardown SIGTERM kills cron no_agent scripts sharing the gateway process group (v0.20.0)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#70638: fix(cron): make Trigger now execute immediately and safely**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/cron-jobs-section.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/wiring.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/cron/cron-actions.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/cron/cron-actions.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/cron/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-list-actions.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/hermes.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/hermes.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/cron.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/cron.ts`, `apps/shared/src/cron-trigger-controller.ts`, `apps/shared/src/index.ts`, `cron/executions.py`, `cron/jobs.py`, `cron/scheduler.py`, `cron/scheduler_provider.py`, `gateway/platforms/api_server.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/cron.py` (+25 more)
- **#78461: fix(cron): isolate no_agent script subprocesses into their own process group**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#70638`, `#78432`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #70638 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-15`.
- Subsystem: `cron`