# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Forward API credentials to local server detection probes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #105379: \[Bug\] detect_local_server_type / context-length probes hit API-key-protected local servers with no key → 401 spray per waterfall leg (same class as #89863)
- PR #105384: fix(model-metadata): forward custom-provider key to endpoint probes
- PR #117935: fix(model_metadata): forward the route credential to local-server probes (#105379)

A bug where local server type detection and context-length probes fail to include API keys causes 401 errors on key-protected endpoints. The associated fixes forward the relevant credentials to those probe requests.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #105379: \[Bug\] detect_local_server_type / context-length probes hit API-key-protected local servers with no key → 401 spray per waterfall leg (same class as #89863)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#105384: fix(model-metadata): forward custom-provider key to endpoint probes**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/model_metadata.py`, `hermes_cli/config_providers.py`, `tests/agent/test_capability_probe_credentials.py`
- **#117935: fix(model_metadata): forward the route credential to local-server probes (#105379)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `agent/model_metadata.py`, `tests/agent/test_model_metadata_route_key.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`