# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Nous inference URL override lost during auth recovery

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #121323: Nous 401 recovery retries on the production inference host, dropping the NOUS_INFERENCE_BASE_URL override
- PR #121339: fix(auth): re-read NOUS_INFERENCE_BASE_URL on every runtime_base_url use

These items address a bug where the NOUS_INFERENCE_BASE_URL override is not preserved or re-read correctly during credential rotation or 401 recovery, causing retries to fall back to the production inference host instead of the configured override.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #121323: Nous 401 recovery retries on the production inference host, dropping the NOUS_INFERENCE_BASE_URL override

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121331: fix(nous): preserve inference override on credential rotation**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `37be34b02d9`
- **#121339: fix(auth): re-read NOUS_INFERENCE_BASE_URL on every runtime_base_url use**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`; refs `efffba2a9`
  - files: `agent/credential_pool.py`, `hermes_cli/auth_nous.py`, `tests/agent/test_credential_pool_nous_runtime_override.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_auth_nous_device_login_scope.py`

## Fix status

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