NousResearch/hermes-agent · error · ValueError

Cannot resume: one-shot time {run_at} is in the past (grace

Error message

Cannot resume: one-shot time {run_at} is in the past (grace window: {ONESHOT_GRACE_SECONDS}s) and will never fire.

What it means

Error "Cannot resume: one-shot time {run_at} is in the past (grace window: {ONESHOT_GRACE_SECONDS}s) and will never fire." thrown in NousResearch/hermes-agent.

Source

Thrown at cron/jobs.py:2009

        {
            "enabled": False,
            "state": "paused",
            "paused_at": _hermes_now().isoformat(),
            "paused_reason": reason,
        },
    )


def resume_job(job_id: str) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
    """Resume a paused job and compute the next future run from now. Accepts a job ID or name."""
    job = resolve_job_ref(job_id)
    if not job:
        return None

    next_run_at = compute_next_run(job["schedule"])
    if next_run_at is None and job["schedule"].get("kind") == "once":
        run_at = job["schedule"].get("run_at", "unknown")
        raise ValueError(
            f"Cannot resume: one-shot time {run_at} is in the past "
            f"(grace window: {ONESHOT_GRACE_SECONDS}s) and will never fire."
        )
    return update_job(
        job["id"],
        {
            "enabled": True,
            "state": "scheduled",
            "paused_at": None,
            "paused_reason": None,
            "next_run_at": next_run_at,
        },
    )


def trigger_job(job_id: str) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
    """Schedule a job to run on the next scheduler tick. Accepts a job ID or name."""
    job = resolve_job_ref(job_id)

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Solutions

1. Edit the job to a future run time before resuming, or create a new job.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cron/jobs.py:2009 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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