# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron job lock acquisition timeout and watchdog gap

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

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.

## 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 #80912. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #80912 (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-80912`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #79768: Cron inactivity watchdog blind spot: unbounded pre-run blocking (_terminal_cwd_lock, in-process jobs RLock) leaves jobs wedged in 'running' with no logs

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#80912: fix(cron): bound TERMINAL_CWD lock acquire with timeout (#79768)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cron/scheduler.py`
- **#79813: fix(cron): bound TERMINAL_CWD lock acquire with timeout (#79768)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#80912`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #80912 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-07`.