# NousResearch/hermes-agent · First-run wizard shown incorrectly for existing credentials

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where the first-run provider setup wizard appears even when a credential profile is already configured but benched or signed out. Fixes aim to show the credential's status reason and cooldown instead of the wizard in those cases.

## 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 #114892. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114892 (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-114892`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #113720: \[Bug\]: a configured profile with a benched credential gets the first-run provider wizard

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114892: fix(cli): a benched or signed-out credential prints its reason and cooldown instead of the first-run provider wizard (#113720, supersedes #113732)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cli.py`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/cli_agent_setup_mixin.py`, `hermes_cli/runtime_provider.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_cli_first_run_setup.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/credential-pools.md`
- **#113732: fix(cli): offer first-run setup only when nothing is configured**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `e63da95318bc`, `#114892`, `#113720`, `#113732`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114892 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.