# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Isolating auxiliary cache tests from ambient credentials

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a test hermeticity problem where auxiliary cache-related tests fail on hosts that have an ambient Claude Code login or credentials file. The work involves isolating these tests from the host environment's ~/.claude/.credentials.json.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 4 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #114819. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114819 (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-114819`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.33`: 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

- #114424: \[Bug\]: test_auxiliary_client_cache_follows_credential is not hermetic — fails on hosts with an ambient Claude Code credential

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114819: test(agent): auxiliary cache-hint suite stays hermetic on hosts with a Claude Code login (#114424, salvage #114431)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `tests/agent/test_auxiliary_client_cache_follows_credential.py`
- **#114429: test(auxiliary): isolate cache tests from Claude Code credentials**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#114431`
- **#114431: test(agent): keep the auxiliary cache suite hermetic on hosts with an ambient Claude Code login**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `e0c078c95800`, `#114819`, `#114819`, `#114424`, `#114431`, `#114424`
- **#114450: test(agent): isolate the aux cache-hint cooldown test from the host's Claude Code login**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `e0c078c95800`, `#114819`, `#114819`, `#114424`, `#114431`, `#114424`
- **#114462: test(agent): isolate test_auxiliary_client_cache_follows_credential from ambient ~/.claude/.credentials.json**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `e0c078c95800`, `#114819`, `#114819`, `#114424`, `#114431`, `#114424`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114819 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.