fix(cron): read jobs.json with utf-8-sig to tolerate BOM (#66607)

cron/jobs.py

@@ -835,13 +835,13 @@ def load_jobs() -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
     _strict_retry = False  # track whether we used the strict=False fallback
 
     try:
-        with open(jobs_file, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        with open(jobs_file, 'r', encoding='utf-8-sig') as f:
             data = json.load(f)
     except json.JSONDecodeError:
         # Retry with strict=False to handle bare control chars in string values
         _strict_retry = True
         try:
-            with open(jobs_file, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+            with open(jobs_file, 'r', encoding='utf-8-sig') as f:
                 data = json.loads(f.read(), strict=False)
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error("Failed to auto-repair jobs.json: %s", e)

hermes_cli/dump.py

@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ def _cron_summary(hermes_home: Path) -> str:
     if not jobs_file.exists():
         return "0"
     try:
-        with open(jobs_file, encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        with open(jobs_file, encoding="utf-8-sig") as f:
             data = json.load(f)
         jobs = data.get("jobs", [])
         active = sum(1 for j in jobs if j.get("enabled", True))

hermes_cli/status.py

@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ def _resolve_env(env_ref) -> str:
     if jobs_file.exists():
         import json
         try:
-            with open(jobs_file, encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            with open(jobs_file, encoding="utf-8-sig") as f:
                 data = json.load(f)
                 jobs = data.get("jobs", [])
                 enabled_jobs = [j for j in jobs if j.get("enabled", True)]