# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Credential pool rotation revert after quota cooldown

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where a live session fails to revert to the primary credential after its quota cooldown window expires, causing the paid fallback to keep billing unnecessarily. The group covers the bug report and two related fix attempts targeting the same revert behavior.

## 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 #114917. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114917 (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-114917`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #114501: \[Bug\]: Credential-pool rotation never reverts in a live session — subscription seat keeps billing the paid fallback after its quota window reopens

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114917: fix(credentials): live session moves back to a quota-benched credential once its cooldown lifts (#114501, salvage #114513)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`, `agent/credential_pool.py`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/agent/test_pool_revert_after_cooldown.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/credential-pools.md`
- **#114513: fix(agent): revert pool rotation after transient quota cooldown expires**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `4c5a70065c8b`, `#114917`, `#114501`, `#114513`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114917 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.