# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Free Portal accounts blocked from managed Fast Search

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where free Portal accounts were incorrectly blocked from using managed Fast Search due to a generic Tool Gateway credit entitlement check. The fixes restore or clarify free eligibility for registered Portal accounts.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #130660. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #130660 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #122394: \[Bug\]: Free Portal Perplexity Fast Search blocked by generic Tool Gateway credit entitlement

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#130660: fix(web): free managed fast search reaches registered Nous accounts (guests keep the keyless ring)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/nous_account.py`, `plugins/web/perplexity/provider.py`, `tests/tools/test_web_free_fast_search.py`, `tests/tools/test_web_managed_routing.py`, `tools/managed_tool_gateway.py`, `tools/tool_backend_helpers.py`, `tools/web_tools.py`, `tools/web_tools_rescue.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/web-search.md`
- **#122404: fix(web): allow free Portal accounts to use managed Fast Search**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#130660`
- **#122967: fix(web): managed Fast Search keeps free eligibility for registered Portal accounts**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#130660`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #130660 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-01`.