# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron scheduler DNS fallback and lifecycle fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address transient DNS failures during OAuth provider resolution in cron jobs, along with broader scheduler lifecycle improvements including leak guards, failure alerts, and bounded cleanup.

## 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 #86682. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #86682 (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-86682`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #83978: Cron agent jobs die on transient DNS during OAuth provider resolve (no fallback)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86682: fix(cron): consolidate scheduler-lifecycle salvage — guard-leak tick continuation, failure alerts, DNS fallback, bounded cleanup, CLI background verdict**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `cron/scheduler.py`, `hermes_cli/cron.py`, `tests/cron/test_cleanup_timeout.py`, `tests/cron/test_parallel_pool.py`, `tests/cron/test_recurring_wedge_selfheal.py`, `tests/cron/test_run_one_job.py`, `tests/cron/test_scheduler.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_cron.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/cron.md`
- **#83977: fix(cron): fall back on transient DNS during provider resolve**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86682`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #86682 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-15`.
- Subsystem: `cron`