# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron delivery dropped by send_message_handler plugin branch

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #87634: send_message_handler intercepts cron delivery with empty args and drops message, thread and media
- PR #87651: fix(tools): preserve cron delivery payload when platform registers send_message_handler

These items concern a bug where the send_message_handler plugin intercepts cron-triggered message delivery with empty arguments, causing messages, threads, and media to be lost. Two fixes address preserving the cron delivery payload when a platform registers a send_message_handler.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #87634: send_message_handler intercepts cron delivery with empty args and drops message, thread and media

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#87651: fix(tools): preserve cron delivery payload when platform registers send_message_handler**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#87634`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_send_message_cron_plugin_delivery.py`, `tools/send_message_tool.py`
- **#87657: fix(send_message): don't swallow cron delivery in plugin handler branch**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

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