# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Auth-refresh retry fallback chain failure fix

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #110449: fix(agent): fall through to the configured chain when an auth-refresh retry fails

These items address a bug where a failing auth-refresh retry escapes rather than falling through to the configured fallback chain. The work spans auxiliary and agent components.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #111442. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #111442 (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-111442`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #110448: Aux recovery ladder: a failed auth-refresh retry escapes instead of falling through to the configured fallback_chain

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#111442: fix(auxiliary): a failed auth-refresh retry now falls through to the configured fallback_chain (#110448, salvage #110449)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/agent/test_auxiliary_auth_rung_fallthrough.py`
- **#110449: fix(agent): fall through to the configured chain when an auth-refresh retry fails**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `tests/agent/test_auxiliary_auth_rung_fallthrough.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #111442 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-15`.
- Subsystem: `agent`