# NousResearch/hermes-agent · SSL CA introspection broken with truststore injection

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #127599: \[Bug\]: agent/ssl_verify.py trusts truststore 0.10.x but its SSLContext breaks cert_store_stats()/get_ca_certs() introspection (empty NotImplementedError, poisons CA-loading fallbacks)
- PR #127603: fix(ssl): restore CA introspection on truststore-injected contexts
- PR #127622: fix(ssl): adapt truststore introspection without mutating vendor class

A bug where truststore 0.10.x SSLContext breaks cert_store_stats() and get_ca_certs() introspection, causing CA-loading fallbacks to fail, along with two related fix attempts addressing the issue without mutating the vendor class.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #127599: \[Bug\]: agent/ssl_verify.py trusts truststore 0.10.x but its SSLContext breaks cert_store_stats()/get_ca_certs() introspection (empty NotImplementedError, poisons CA-loading fallbacks)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#127603: fix(ssl): restore CA introspection on truststore-injected contexts**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `f708f5882e`
  - files: `agent/ssl_verify.py`, `tests/agent/test_ssl_verify.py`
- **#127622: fix(ssl): adapt truststore introspection without mutating vendor class**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#127599`, `#127599`
  - files: `agent/ssl_verify.py`, `tests/agent/test_ssl_verify.py`
- **#129716: fix(ssl): restore cert_store_stats and get_ca_certs on truststore SSLContext (#127599)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#127603`

## Fix status

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