# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Auxiliary tasks losing auth headers with custom providers

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes concern auxiliary task requests dropping Authorization headers and extra_headers when routed through bare-named custom providers, particularly during async rebuilds. The fixes aim to preserve key_cmd credentials and extra_headers through that code path.

## 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 #113969. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113969 (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-113969`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #109595: Auxiliary tasks send requests with no Authorization header at all when pinned to a bare-named custom provider with key_env

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113969: fix(aux): async aux calls to named custom providers keep their key_cmd bearer and extra_headers (#109595, salvage #109626)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_async_rebuild.py`, `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `tests/agent/test_auxiliary_named_custom_providers.py`
- **#109626: fix(auxiliary): keep key_cmd credentials and extra_headers through the async rebuild**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `d41aec0beb3`, `#113969`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113969 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-17`.