# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Rate-limit cooldown should use provider reset window

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a bug where the rate-limit fallback cooldown uses an exponential backoff guess instead of the provider's own reset timestamp, which is parsed but then discarded. The work focuses on making the cooldown honor the provider-supplied reset time.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 4 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #117604. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #117604 (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-117604`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.33`: 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

- #117484: \[Bug\]: The rate-limit cooldown guesses the wait exponentially while the provider's own reset time is parsed a few lines earlier and dropped

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117604: fix(agent): rate-limit cooldown honours the provider's reset window instead of an exponential guess (#117484, salvage #117503)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `agent/chat_completion_helpers.py`, `agent/fallback_cooldown.py`, `agent/turn_api_error.py`, `agent/turn_recovery.py`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server_config.py`, `tests/agent/test_provider_reset_cooldown.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/fallback-providers.md`
- **#117493: fix(agent): honor provider rate-limit reset cooldown**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#117504`, `#117518`
- **#117503: fix(agent): keep fallback aligned with provider reset windows**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `dcae0d81d0`, `#117604`
- **#117504: fix(agent): honor provider reset_at in rate-limit cooldown**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `dcae0d81d0`, `#117604`
- **#117518: Honor the provider's own rate-limit reset window when arming fallback cooldown**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `dcae0d81d0`, `#117604`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #117604 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-21`.