# NousResearch/hermes-agent · One-shot cron jobs firing late after downtime

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address a bug where stored past-due one-shot cron jobs bypass the ONESHOT_GRACE_SECONDS grace period and fire arbitrarily late after downtime instead of being retired as stale.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #93558. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #93558 (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-93558`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #93526: \[Bug\]: Stored past-due one-shot jobs bypass ONESHOT_GRACE_SECONDS and fire arbitrarily late after downtime

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#93558: One-shot cron jobs no longer fire hours late after downtime (#93526, salvage #89571)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cron/jobs.py`, `cron/scheduler_provider.py`, `tests/cron/test_misfire_backstop_oneshot_grace.py`, `tests/cron/test_oneshot_grace_due_scan.py`
- **#93554: fix(cron): stop stale one-shot reminders after downtime**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `ed8ee9a871`, `#93558`, `#89571`
- **#93555: fix(cron): retire stale past-due one-shots instead of firing hours late**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `ed8ee9a871`, `#93558`, `#89571`
- **#93595: fix(cron): honor ONESHOT_GRACE_SECONDS for stored past-due one-shots (no more hours-late fires)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `ed8ee9a871`, `#93558`, `#89571`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #93558 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-24`.