# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Provider registry sync during mid-discovery auth import

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a race-like condition where importing hermes_cli.auth mid-discovery leaves PROVIDER_REGISTRY incomplete, along with related fixes for re-syncing the registry after discovery completes. There is also adjacent work on OAuth-shaped provider plugin login and refresh flows.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #116553. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116553 (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-116553`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #102123: Provider discovery can leave hermes_cli.auth.PROVIDER_REGISTRY incomplete when auth is imported mid-discovery

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116553: OAuth-shaped provider plugins now register, log in and refresh through their profile (#116408, salvage #111610 #101768 #94231)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `agent/credential_pool.py`, `agent/credential_pool_plugin.py`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/auth.py`, `hermes_cli/auth_commands.py`, `hermes_cli/auth_plugin_providers.py`, `providers/__init__.py`, `providers/base.py`, `tests/agent/test_auxiliary_provider_supplied_client.py`, `tests/agent/test_credential_pool_plugin_seam.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_provider_auth_seam.py`, `tests/providers/test_auth_registry_import_order.py`, `tests/providers/test_auth_registry_mid_discovery.py`, `website/docs/developer-guide/model-provider-plugin.md`
- **#102234: fix(auth): re-sync PROVIDER_REGISTRY when hermes_cli.auth is imported mid-discovery**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#102203`, `#102203`, `#102218`, `#101768`, `#101768`, `#102123`, `#101768`, `#102235`, `#101768`, `#101768`
- **#102235: fix(providers): resync auth registry after discovery completes (fixes #102123)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#101768`
- **#106361: fix(cli): re-sync PROVIDER_REGISTRY after provider discovery completes (#102123)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#101768`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116553 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.