# NousResearch/hermes-agent · xAI credentials incorrectly enabling web search gate

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where xAI credentials alone were activating the web_search/web_extract feature gate even when no valid web provider backend was available to serve those tools.

## 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 #116762. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116762 (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-116762`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #116175: xai credentials alone light the web_search/web_extract gate even with no servable web provider

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116762: fix(web): xAI credentials alone no longer register web_search/web_extract with no servable backend (#116175, salvage #116176)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_web_tools_config.py`, `tools/web_tools.py`
- **#116176: fix(web): xai credentials alone no longer light the web_search/web_extract gate**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `f04a23165a78`, `#116762`, `#116175`, `#116176`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116762 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.