# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Credential pool 429 cooldown duration and configurability

## Open now

- 2 issues, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #18697: feat: reduce default 429 cooldown from 1 hour to 3 minutes for better UX
- #33049: Make credential pool exhaustion TTL configurable (EXHAUSTED_TTL_*_SECONDS are hardcoded)

These issues and PRs concern the default cooldown period applied to credentials after a 429/403 response, with proposals to reduce it from 1 hour to a shorter duration and to make the TTL configurable rather than hardcoded. A specific concern is raised about single-credential pools being left unusable for the full cooldown period with no fallback.

## TL;DR

- 8 member(s): 2 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #78380. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #78380 (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: `partially_resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-78380`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

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- Pairwise link density `0.18`: 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

- #18697: feat: reduce default 429 cooldown from 1 hour to 3 minutes for better UX
- #33049: Make credential pool exhaustion TTL configurable (EXHAUSTED_TTL_*_SECONDS are hardcoded)

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #13619: \[Feature Request\] Configurable credential pool TTL (cooldown duration)
- #53041: Single-credential pools: transient 429/403 benches the only key for 1 hour (no recovery, no fallback)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#18713: fix: reduce default 429 cooldown from 1 hour to 3 minutes**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#22060`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#78380: fix(credential-pool): short cooldown for sole credential on transient throttle**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`, `agent/credential_pool.py`, `tests/agent/test_credential_pool_routing.py`, `tests/agent/test_credential_pool_sole_cooldown.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_codex_xai_oauth_recovery.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_run_agent.py`
- **#22060: fix: reduce default 429 cooldown from 1 hour to 3 minutes (supersedes #18713)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#94220`
- **#53042: fix(credential-pool): short cooldown for sole credential on transient throttle**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#78380`, `#53041`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #78380 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-04`.
- Subsystem: `agent`