# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Read-only pool resolver incorrectly modifying auth files

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #123747: \[Bug\]: _resolve_anthropic_pool_token is documented read-only but rewrites auth.json and writes to HERMES_HOME
- PR #123799: fix(anthropic): keep pool diagnostics read-only

A bug where the documented read-only pool token resolver was writing to auth.json and HERMES_HOME, plus accompanying fixes to restore read-only behavior.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #123747: \[Bug\]: _resolve_anthropic_pool_token is documented read-only but rewrites auth.json and writes to HERMES_HOME

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#123799: fix(anthropic): keep pool diagnostics read-only**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `fbdd072608bf6a63f7cfed7b97a07733f88727e0`
  - files: `agent/anthropic_credentials.py`, `tests/agent/test_anthropic_adapter.py`
- **#124084: fix(auth): peek_pool for the documented read-only pool resolver (fixes #123747)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

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