# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fixing recursive content-derived blocking in lifecycle guard

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #98801: \`lifecycle_guard\`: content-derived recursion turns documentation into a blocker — reading Hermes's own docs is blocked in-gateway
- PR #98809: fix(cron): stop content-derived bare-path recursion in the lifecycle guard
- PR #119321: fix(cron): gate content-derived script recursion and stop charging remote reads for non-script candidates in lifecycle_guard

These issues and fixes address a bug in the lifecycle guard where content-derived script detection caused unintended recursion, blocking non-script content (such as documentation) and incorrectly charging remote reads for non-script candidates.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #98801: \`lifecycle_guard\`: content-derived recursion turns documentation into a blocker — reading Hermes's own docs is blocked in-gateway

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#98809: fix(cron): stop content-derived bare-path recursion in the lifecycle guard**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `5d1cf05b0629`, `#105767`, `#110908`
  - files: `cron/lifecycle_guard.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_restart_loop.py`
- **#119321: fix(cron): gate content-derived script recursion and stop charging remote reads for non-script candidates in lifecycle_guard**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `8113f1e4943e2ac0f7845a73a401d2e5cf4177da`, `f78ba6a700a9fd208ce7e87ffd9526bb0c6f755a`
  - files: `cron/lifecycle_guard.py`, `tests/cron/test_lifecycle_guard_nonscript_fragments.py`

## Fix status

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