# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Providers API keys ignore Settings profile selector

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the Providers page API keys did not respect the 'Applies to' profile selection in Settings. Includes a reported issue and related fix attempts targeting this behavior on desktop.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #104938. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #104938 (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-104938`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #103993: \[Bug\]\[Desktop\]: Providers API Keys ignores the Settings "Applies to" profile selection

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#104938: fix(desktop): API keys follow the selected Settings profile (#103993)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/providers-settings.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/providers-settings.tsx`, `contributors/emails/29462570+jordan-thirkle@users.noreply.github.com`
- **#104017: fix(desktop): honor Settings profile selector on Providers page**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#103993`, `#104938`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #104938 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-07`.