# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Doctor command probe key tracking and fallback region reporting

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #136791: \[Bug\]: hermes doctor reports ✗ for a region it probed with a fallback key, and the hint names an unset variable
- PR #136793: fix(doctor): skip fallback key region probes
- PR #136795: fix(cli): track which env var supplied a doctor probe key

The three members concern the \`hermes doctor\` command's handling of API key probes: one bug report describes a ✗ for a region probed with a fallback key and a hint naming an unset variable, and two fix-titled items address tracking which env var supplied the key and skipping fallback key region probes. The titles alone don't show how the changes relate or what their outcome is.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #136791: \[Bug\]: hermes doctor reports ✗ for a region it probed with a fallback key, and the hint names an unset variable

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#136793: fix(doctor): skip fallback key region probes**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/doctor_connectivity.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_doctor_fallback_key_probe.py`
- **#136795: fix(cli): track which env var supplied a doctor probe key**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/doctor_connectivity.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_doctor_apikey_fallback_source.py`

## Fix status

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