# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron jobs.json concurrent write clobbering fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address a bug where concurrent processes writing to jobs.json could overwrite or drop cron jobs created by other processes. Multiple fix attempts target preserving jobs written during unlocked saves and recovering sibling-process entries.

## 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 #81000. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #81000 (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-81000`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #80624: no_agent script cron jobs disappear from jobs.json while gateway is running (CLI-created jobs clobbered by scheduler state)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#81000: fix(cron): preserve concurrent creates when saving jobs.json (salvage of #80687 + #80703)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cron/jobs.py`, `tests/cron/test_jobs_shrink_merge_80624.py`
- **#80687: fix(cron): stop jobs.json clobber dropping concurrent creates (#80624)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#81000`, `#80703`
- **#80703: fix(cron): recover jobs a sibling process wrote during unlocked jobs.json save (#80624)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#81000`, `#80687`, `#80624`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #81000 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-07`.