# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix misclassified 429 upstream errors draining API keys

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where upstream-unavailable 429 responses from CommandCode are incorrectly treated as credential rate limit errors, causing healthy API keys to be unnecessarily exhausted. The work involves correcting this misclassification so API keys remain healthy during upstream outages.

## 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 #117575. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #117575 (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-117575`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #117111: \[Bug\]: CommandCode upstream-unavailable 429 is misclassified as credential rate limit and exhausts a healthy API key

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117575: fix(agent): CommandCode upstream-unavailable 429 keeps the API key healthy (#117111, salvage #117117)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/error_classifier.py`, `tests/agent/test_error_classifier.py`
- **#117117: fix(agent): keep CommandCode keys healthy during upstream outages**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `30d14a3f73`, `#117575`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #117575 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.