# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron gateway multiplexer detection and profile delivery fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address bugs in cron's ability to detect a live multiplexer as a valid gateway, parse modern launchctl output, and correctly deliver profile jobs via their own bot, along with a crash-loop issue when the cron warning recommends installing a gateway under multiplex mode.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #99441. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #99441 (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-99441`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #97120: Cron warning recommends \`hermes gateway install\` under multiplex; the gateway then refuses to start and the service crash-loops

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#99375: fix(cron): profile jobs deliver via their own bot and cron status stops lying (#94862 #99028 #98790, salvage x6)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `cron/scheduler.py`, `cron/scheduler_provider.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `hermes_cli/cron.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `tests/cron/test_87033_cronjob_gateway_liveness.py`, `tests/cron/test_cron_home_target_profile_scope.py`, `tests/cron/test_cron_multiplex_profile_route_preflight.py`, `tests/cron/test_run_one_job.py`, `tests/cron/test_scheduler_provider.py`, `tests/cron/test_sessiondb_init_hang.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_cron_status_profile_isolation.py`
- **#99441: fix(cron): satellite profiles served by a live multiplexer count as gateway-alive (#97120, salvage #97558)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/cron.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `tests/cron/test_87033_cronjob_gateway_liveness.py`, `tests/gateway/test_multiplex_lifecycle.py`
- **#77540: fix(cron): parse modern launchctl dict format in _shared_multiplex_gateway_pid**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `e7037175131`, `#97120`, `#99441`
- **#97558: fix(cron): treat a live multiplexer as gateway-alive for satellite profiles**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `e703717513`, `#99441`, `#99375`, `#97120`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #99441 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-31`.
- Subsystem: `cron`