# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Named custom auth credential precedence and missing key handling

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #117743: Named custom auth: missing key resolves placeholder; main pool precedence diverges from auxiliary key_env
- PR #117753: fix(auth): unify named custom credential precedence and fail closed on missing declared key
- PR #117757: fix(provider-auth): reject missing named credentials before requests

These items address inconsistent precedence rules between main pool and auxiliary key_env for named custom credentials, and the behavior when a declared key is absent. The focus is on unifying resolution order and ensuring missing credentials are rejected rather than silently substituted.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #117743: Named custom auth: missing key resolves placeholder; main pool precedence diverges from auxiliary key_env

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117753: fix(auth): unify named custom credential precedence and fail closed on missing declared key**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `agent/lsp/client.py`, `agent/lsp/install.py`, `hermes_cli/runtime_provider_custom.py`, `tests/agent/lsp/test_windows_binary_resolution.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_named_custom_auth_precedence.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_runtime_provider_resolution.py`, `website/docs/developer-guide/provider-runtime.md`
- **#117757: fix(provider-auth): reject missing named credentials before requests**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `hermes_cli/runtime_provider_custom.py`, `tests/agent/test_auxiliary_named_custom_providers.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_runtime_provider_resolution.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`