# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Remove defunct keyless opencode-free provider

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern the removal of the keyless opencode-free provider tier after OpenCode began returning 403 errors for anonymous traffic. The work involves deleting or deprecating the dead provider rather than attempting to patch it.

## 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 #115002. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #115002 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `1.00`: 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

- #114753: opencode-free: keyless provider dead — OpenCode 403s anonymous traffic

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#115002: Remove the dead keyless opencode-free provider rather than patching it (salvage #114735, fixes #114753)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `.env.example`, `COMPAT_MANIFEST.md`, `agent/agent_init.py`, `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`, `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `agent/models_dev.py`, `agent/opencode_affinity.py`, `agent/reasoning_effort.py`, `compat_manifest.json`, `contributors/emails/60716910+DECRUX9812@users.noreply.github.com`, `gateway/run.py`, `hermes_cli/auth.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_agent_setup_mixin.py`, `hermes_cli/free_tier_bootstrap.py`, `hermes_cli/inventory.py`, `hermes_cli/main_provider_setup.py`, `hermes_cli/model_setup_flows.py`, `hermes_cli/model_switch_providers.py`, `hermes_cli/models.py`, `hermes_cli/models_catalog_static.py` (+25 more)
- **#114735: fix(providers): remove the keyless opencode-free tier (OpenCode 403s anonymous traffic)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#115002`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #115002 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.