NousResearch/hermes-agent · error · ValueError

Requested one-shot time {run_at} is more than {ONESHOT_GRACE

Error message

Requested one-shot time {run_at} is more than {ONESHOT_GRACE_SECONDS}s in the past and cannot be scheduled.

What it means

Error "Requested one-shot time {run_at} is more than {ONESHOT_GRACE_SECONDS}s in the past and cannot be scheduled." thrown in NousResearch/hermes-agent.

Source

Thrown at cron/jobs.py:1732

    label_source = (prompt_text or (normalized_skills[0] if normalized_skills else None) or (normalized_script if normalized_no_agent else None)) or "cron job"

    provider_snapshot, model_snapshot = _compute_provider_model_snapshots(
        provider=normalized_provider,
        model=normalized_model,
        base_url=normalized_base_url,
        no_agent=normalized_no_agent,
    )

    next_run_at = compute_next_run(parsed_schedule)
    if parsed_schedule.get("kind") == "once" and next_run_at is None:
        run_at = parsed_schedule.get("run_at") or schedule
        logger.warning(
            "Rejecting one-shot cron job '%s': run_at %s is outside the %ss grace window",
            name or label_source[:50].strip(),
            run_at,
            ONESHOT_GRACE_SECONDS,
        )
        raise ValueError(
            f"Requested one-shot time {run_at} is more than "
            f"{ONESHOT_GRACE_SECONDS}s in the past and cannot be scheduled."
        )

    job = {
        "id": job_id,
        "name": name or label_source[:50].strip(),
        "prompt": prompt_text,
        "skills": normalized_skills,
        "skill": normalized_skills[0] if normalized_skills else None,
        "model": normalized_model,
        "provider": normalized_provider,
        # Provider/model resolution captured at creation for unpinned jobs
        # (#44585). None for pinned axes, no_agent jobs, resolution failures, and
        # any pre-existing job written before these fields existed (back-compat).
        "provider_snapshot": provider_snapshot,
        "model_snapshot": model_snapshot,
        "base_url": normalized_base_url,

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Solutions

1. Pick a one-shot time in the future (or within the grace window).

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cron/jobs.py:1732 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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