# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix API key reading in CLI and runtime

## Open now

- 0 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #117671: fix(runtime): read the OpenRouter fallback keys from .env after an exhausted pool entry
- PR #117868: fix(cli): ensure one-shot calls read provider API keys from config.yaml and .env

A bug report and two fixes addressing cases where provider API keys were not being read from config.yaml or .env files during one-shot CLI calls and OpenRouter fallback key lookups.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #131926. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #131926 (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-131926`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #117667: \[Bug\]: One-shot \`hermes chat\` CLI calls don't read provider API keys from config.yaml or .env

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#131926: fix(runtime): read the OpenRouter fallback keys from .env after an exhausted pool entry \[risk 0.30\]**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config.py`, `hermes_cli/runtime_provider_backends.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_runtime_provider_resolution.py`
- **#117671: fix(runtime): read the OpenRouter fallback keys from .env after an exhausted pool entry**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `c351d7d32d`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config.py`, `hermes_cli/runtime_provider_backends.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_runtime_provider_resolution.py`
- **#117868: fix(cli): ensure one-shot calls read provider API keys from config.yaml and .env**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#117667`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #131926 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-05`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`