# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Credential routing fixes for custom/fallback models

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #104394: fix(providers): keep custom models on their configured credential route

These items address bugs where custom models or fallback requests lose their configured credentials, resulting in requests being sent without a valid Authorization header. The fixes focus on ensuring command-minted and key-based credentials are correctly retained and routed.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #104965. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #104965 (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-104965`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #104360: key_cmd credential dropped for some models on a provider: request sent with no usable Authorization header

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#104965: fix: fallback requests retain command-minted credentials (#104360)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/chat_completion_helpers.py`, `agent/client_lifecycle.py`, `contributors/emails/99405975+snipecoder@users.noreply.github.com`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `evals/provider_fallback/probe_104360.py`, `tests/agent/test_fallback_dynamic_credential.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/fallback-providers.md`
- **#104394: fix(providers): keep custom models on their configured credential route**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/oneshot.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_oneshot_provider_resolution.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #104965 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-07`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`