# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fallback provider auth and pool exhaustion fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #131993: \[Bug\]: Anthropic listed only in fallback_providers is skipped as "credential pool exhausted" (borrowed claude_code row never filled in)
- PR #119652: fix(agent,hermes_cli): re-probe a lone rate-limited credential and consolidate pool/fallback cooldown fixes
- PR #132014: fix(auth): count fallback_providers entries as explicit provider configuration

These items address bugs where providers listed only in fallback_providers were incorrectly skipped due to credential pool exhaustion logic and not being counted as explicit provider configurations. The fixes improve how fallback provider entries are distinguished and handled during authentication.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #131993: \[Bug\]: Anthropic listed only in fallback_providers is skipped as "credential pool exhausted" (borrowed claude_code row never filled in)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#119652: fix(agent,hermes_cli): re-probe a lone rate-limited credential and consolidate pool/fallback cooldown fixes**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `volume_quota`; implication `active`; refs `aa6ab6e637`, `456242f971`, `456242f971`, `#1`, `#4`
  - files: `agent/agent_init.py`, `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`, `agent/agent_runtime_pool.py`, `agent/anthropic_credentials.py`, `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `agent/auxiliary_model_scope.py`, `agent/auxiliary_plugin_oauth.py`, `agent/auxiliary_unavailable.py`, `agent/chat_completion_helpers.py`, `agent/chat_completion_helpers_pool.py`, `agent/credential_pool.py`, `agent/credential_pool_admin.py`, `agent/credential_pool_cooldowns.py`, `agent/credential_pool_model_cooldowns.py`, `agent/error_surface.py`, `agent/fallback_cooldown.py`, `agent/turn_recovery.py`, `hermes_cli/auth.py`, `hermes_cli/auth_codex.py`, `hermes_cli/auth_commands.py` (+34 more)
- **#132014: fix(auth): count fallback_providers entries as explicit provider configuration**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/auth.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_auth_provider_gate.py`
- **#132045: fix(fallback): distinguish no-wait-info pool exhaustion in skip log (#131993)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `2d52ef6fae`, `#119652`

## Fix status

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