# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Multi-hop fallback chain skips quota-limited providers

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug caused the auxiliary fallback_providers chain to stop after a single quota or rate-limit error instead of continuing to subsequent candidates. Multiple fixes address walking the full chain past quota-limited entries.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #113965. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113965 (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-113965`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #106367: \[Bug\] Auxiliary auto fallback_providers is single-hop: second quota/rate-limit error stops before later chain entries

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113965: fix(aux): auto fallback_providers walk advances past a quota-limited candidate (#106367, salvage #106375 #106378)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `agent/auxiliary_health.py`, `tests/agent/test_auxiliary_client.py`, `tests/agent/test_auxiliary_fallback_multihop.py`
- **#106375: fix(aux): multi-hop fallback_providers after candidate quota errors**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `951600dc79d`, `#113965`
- **#106378: fix(agent): advance fallback chain when a candidate fails with a quota error**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `951600dc79d`, `#113965`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113965 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-17`.