# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Secondary profile secret hydration errors in multiplex

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where secret helper results from a \`failed\` run are cached for the gateway lifetime, leaving secondary profiles without provider keys and causing 401 errors. The cluster covers the problem, related identity/backend isolation context, and a fix attempt.

## 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 #110286. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #110286 (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-110286`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #108441: multiplex: hydrate_profile_secret_sources caches a failed secrets.command result for the gateway lifetime (secondary profile stuck with no provider key → 401)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#110286: Multiplexed secondary profiles keep their own memory-plugin identity, secret hydration and browser/computer-use backends (#108865 #108993 #108441 #108310 #110032)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/env_loader.py`, `plugins/memory/byterover/__init__.py`, `plugins/memory/hindsight/__init__.py`, `tests/agent/test_env_loader_secret_sources.py`, `tests/plugins/memory/test_byterover_multiplex_child_env.py`, `tests/plugins/memory/test_multiplex_memory_identity_scope.py`, `tests/tools/test_browser_computer_use_profile_cache_keys.py`, `tests/tools/test_browser_use_cli.py`, `tools/browser_use_cli.py`, `tools/computer_use/tool.py`
- **#108446: fix(gateway): recover secondary profiles after secret helper failures**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `62a56f441cdc`, `917cfbd74054`, `d461b27dcd9a`, `4a927e9a6e37`, `6449a6c0e535`, `#110286`, `#108441`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #110286 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-13`.