NousResearch/hermes-agent

Cron job lock acquisition timeout and watchdog gap

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #80912 on 7 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items address unbounded blocking on lock acquisition (TERMINAL_CWD and in-process job RLock) before cron jobs run, which can leave jobs stuck in a running state with no logs and outside the inactivity watchdog's visibility.

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  • #80912 fix(cron): bound TERMINAL_CWD lock acquire with timeout (#79768)

    merged to main

    files: cron/scheduler.py

1 PR closed without merging

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  • #79813 fix(cron): bound TERMINAL_CWD lock acquire with timeout (#79768) · merged via another change → #80912
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#79768Cron inactivity watchdog blind spot: unbounded pre-run blocking (_terminal_cwd_lock, in-process jobs RLock) leaves jobs wedged in 'running' with no logs
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7 Aug 2026

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