# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Keyless 403 errors disabling entire search ring

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where a single keyless vendor returning a 403 (non-rate-limit) error causes the entire keyless provider ring to stop functioning. The work involves adding failover logic so that auth rejections are handled gracefully rather than blocking all keyless search.

## 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 #131834. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #131834 (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: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #113893: web_search: a pinned keyless vendor that fails with a non-rate-limit error (403) disables the whole keyless ring

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#131834: fix(web): fail over keyless auth rejections \[risk 0.30\]**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `plugins/web/keyless_mcp.py`, `tests/tools/test_web_keyless_fallback.py`
- **#113903: fix(web): fail over keyless HTTP 403 blocks**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#131834`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #131834 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-02`.