# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Auth scope handling in multiplexed gateways

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a recurring warning about missing profile secret scopes in multiplexed gateway keepalive, and related fixes to how secret scopes are bound, looked up, and isolated from the environment. Bound scopes now carry their home context; foreign-home misses close without access, setup raises \`release\` tokens, and readers never borrow \`os.environ\`.

## 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 #120128. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #120128 (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-120128`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #119217: \[gateway\] Multiplexed gateway: nous-auth-keepalive logs "no profile secret scope" WARNING every 15 min

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120128: fix(secret-scope): bound scopes carry their home; foreign-home misses fail closed, setup raises release tokens, readers never borrow os.environ**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `agent/secret_scope.py`, `cron/scheduler.py`, `gateway/kanban_watchers_dispatcher.py`, `gateway/pairing.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `gateway/run_turn.py`, `gateway/session.py`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_db_dispatch.py`, `hermes_cli/nous_auth_keepalive.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/audio.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server_mcp.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server_profiles.py`, `tests/agent/test_secret_scope.py`, `tests/agent/test_secret_scope_tier1_migration.py`, `tests/gateway/test_multiplex_pairing_stores.py`, `tests/gateway/test_proxy_mode.py`, `tests/gateway/test_session.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_audio_router_scope.py` (+16 more)
- **#119226: fix(auth): scope Nous keepalive in multiplex gateways**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `b88b3de6e3`, `#118222`, `#120128`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #120128 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-23`.