# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Paid model credit exhaustion breaks gateway fallback

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the gateway silently fails when the default profile model has insufficient credits, plus two related fixes to route that error condition through the fallback chain.

## 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 #116766. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116766 (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-116766`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #115702: \[Bug\] Gateway becomes completely non-functional when profile default model is a paid model with zero credits — no fallback, no healthcheck, silent failure

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116766: fix: 404 insufficient_credits_for_paid_model routes to the fallback chain with a named remedy**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/chat_completion_helpers.py`, `agent/error_classifier.py`, `tests/agent/test_credit_404_fallback.py`
- **#115706: fix: route 404 insufficient_credits_for_paid_model to fallback chain**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `1cd2c45fcb`, `#116766`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116766 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.