# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Novita 429 server overload error classification fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was identified where Novita's 429 'server overload' responses were being misclassified as rate limit errors rather than overload errors. Related work addresses the classification and its downstream effects on credential rotation and fallback behavior.

## 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 #106512. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #106512 (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-106512`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #106205: \[Bug\]: Novita 429 "server overload" is classified as rate_limit

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#106512: Novita 429 'server overload' no longer rotates the credential or falls back early (#106205, salvage #106213)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/error_classifier.py`, `tests/agent/test_error_classifier.py`
- **#106213: fix(agent): classify Novita 'server overload' 429 as overloaded, not rate_limit**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `070128f05693139ff9f6c99c8ab241c7dc68f18c`, `#106512`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #106512 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-09`.