# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Vertex AI express key routing fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern Vertex AI express keys (prefixed AQ.) being incorrectly routed or rejected with 403 errors instead of reaching the aiplatform.googleapis.com endpoint. The work involves fixing the adapter and agent to correctly route these keys to the appropriate aiplatform API.

## 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 #114784. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114784 (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-114784`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #114335: gemini native adapter: Vertex AI express keys (AQ.…) get 403 — no route to aiplatform.googleapis.com

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114784: fix(gemini): Vertex AI express keys (AQ.) reach aiplatform instead of 403ing on AI Studio (#114335, salvage #96587)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/gemini_native_adapter.py`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/doctor_connectivity.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/config_env.py`, `tests/agent/test_gemini_native_adapter.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gemini_express_key_probes.py`, `tools/tts_streaming.py`, `tools/tts_tool_providers.py`, `website/docs/guides/google-gemini.md`
- **#114343: fix(agent): route Vertex AI express keys (AQ.) to aiplatform v1beta1**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `df53cae72d07`, `#114784`, `#114335`, `#96587`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114784 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.