# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix reuse of saved custom endpoint credentials on test

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #129803: fix(desktop): reuse saved custom endpoint credentials

A bug where testing a custom endpoint connection after saving an API key would fail because the saved credentials were not being reused when the test field was left blank. Fixes were applied to both desktop and web clients to correct this behavior.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #129800: BUG:  Testing connection to local model after saving API key in Custom Endpoint leads to Failed Test

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#129803: fix(desktop): reuse saved custom endpoint credentials**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `150ff9075a`
  - files: `hermes_cli/web_routers/config_env.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_routers_endpoint_probe.py`
- **#131138: fix(web): saved custom-endpoint key used when Test pressed with blank field**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`

## Fix status

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