# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron bot-chat delivery fixes and reliability

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address multiple related problems with cron-triggered bot-chat message delivery, including handling CLI-only owners, open Desktop sessions, and session lock conflicts. The work focuses on making delivery non-blocking and correct across different user session states.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #105442. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #105442 (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-105442`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #99956: fix(cron): bot-chat delivery fails when target profile has active session lock

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#105442: fix: cron and local DMs reach an open Desktop Bot Chat**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/monitoring/cron_health.py`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `cron/executions.py`, `cron/scheduler.py`, `cron/scheduler_delivery.py`, `hermes_cli/cron.py`, `tests/cron/test_cron_live_bot_delivery.py`, `tests/tools/test_bot_live_owner_delivery.py`, `tests/tools/test_bot_mode_dm.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_auto_continue.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_bot_live_owner_delivery.py`, `tools/bot_live_delivery.py`, `tools/bot_mode_dm.py`, `tools/cronjob_tools.py`, `tui_gateway/prompt_turn.py`, `tui_gateway/session_auto_continue.py`, `tui_gateway/session_lifecycle.py`, `tui_gateway/session_notifications.py`, `tui_gateway/turn_marker.py`, `website/docs/developer-guide/cron-internals.md` (+2 more)
- **#100319: fix(cron): queue bot-chat delivery for CLI-only owners**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `5d8390d1a4b`, `5280fe99872`
- **#102659: fix(cron): use non-blocking delivery for bot-chat to avoid session lock conflicts**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `5280fe99872`, `5d8390d1a4b`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #105442 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-07`.