# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron job 'auto' model pin sends literal value

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #83596: \[Bug\]: Cron jobs with literal 'auto' model/provider pins send model=auto to the wire instead of default resolution
- PR #83625: fix(cron): normalize literal 'auto' model/provider pins to the default resolution

A bug where cron jobs with 'auto' as the model or provider pin forward the literal string 'auto' instead of resolving to the default. Includes a fix to normalize the sentinel value before dispatch.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #83596: \[Bug\]: Cron jobs with literal 'auto' model/provider pins send model=auto to the wire instead of default resolution

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#83625: fix(cron): normalize literal 'auto' model/provider pins to the default resolution**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `cron/scheduler.py`, `tests/cron/test_cron_auto_literal_normalization.py`
- **#83744: fix(cron): normalize auto model/provider sentinel to resolve defaults (#83596)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#83625`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `cron`