# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix keyless rescue for Nous Tool Gateway search errors

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where the keyless rescue path never fires when search requests are routed through the Nous Tool Gateway. The work involves identifying the failure condition and applying a fix to ensure \`failed\` gateway searches are properly rescued.

## 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 #112247. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #112247 (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-112247`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #111530: keyless rescue never fires when the search backend is routed through the Nous Tool Gateway

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#112247: fix(web): keyless rescue fires for Nous Tool Gateway searches that fail (#111530, salvage #111533)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_web_keyless_rescue.py`, `tools/web_tools_rescue.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/web-search.md`
- **#111533: fix(web): rescue failed Nous gateway searches**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `80f76edfaf`, `#112247`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #112247 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-16`.