# NousResearch/hermes-agent · GitHub Copilot account selection and provider restructuring

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Two members concern how to choose or switch between GitHub Copilot accounts, one proposing a COPILOT_GH_USER option for gh auth token and the other asking how Hermes handles multiple accounts. The third member is a refactor moving GitHub Copilot support out of core into a plugin, which is related by topic but not clearly about account switching.

## 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 #144788. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #144788 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #10715: \[Bug\]: How does Hermes switch between different GitHub Copilot accounts?

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#144788: refactor(providers): GitHub Copilot moves out of core into the github-copilot labs plugin**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/acp_client.py`, `agent/agent_init.py`, `agent/agent_init_fallback.py`, `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`, `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `agent/chat_completion_helpers.py`, `agent/chat_completion_helpers_tool_calls.py`, `agent/client_lifecycle.py`, `agent/codex_responses_adapter.py`, `agent/codex_runtime.py`, `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `agent/copilot_acp_client.py`, `agent/credential_pool.py`, `agent/credential_sources.py`, `agent/error_classifier.py`, `agent/message_metadata.py`, `agent/message_sanitization.py`, `agent/moa_loop.py`, `agent/model_metadata.py`, `agent/models_dev.py` (+233 more)
- **#11006: feat: Allow to pass COPILOT_GH_USER to use in gh auth token**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `0591b66fca66b14e7c6a7ad1b75c399b4b9a6663`, `346cfe972f72b6a966e84c1004cf8742554b193d`, `#144788`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #144788 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-26`.
- Subsystem: `agent`