# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Per-capability backend key routing bug fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where setting a per-capability backend key (e.g. for web extraction) unintentionally rerouted another capability's backend (e.g. web search). These items address identifying and fixing that misbehavior.

## 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 #113151. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113151 (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-113151`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #113017: \[Bug\]: setting only web.extract_backend silently changes the web_search backend

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113151: fix(web): a per-capability web backend key no longer reroutes the other capability (#113017, salvage #113046)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `plugins/web/firecrawl/provider.py`, `tests/tools/test_web_backend_capability_isolation.py`, `tools/web_tools.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/web-search.md`
- **#113046: fix(web): per-capability backend key no longer reroutes the other capability**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113151 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-17`.