# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Same-provider fallbacks skipped when pool lacks wait information

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #140568: \[Bug\]: Same-provider fallbacks always skipped — _candidate_pool_exhausted treats next_available_at()=None as exhausted (Vertex SA credentials)
- PR #140615: fix(agent): treat a pool with no wait information as unexhausted for fallback

The members describe one theme: a candidate pool whose next_available_at() returns None is treated as exhausted, which causes same-provider fallbacks to be skipped (reported with Vertex SA credentials). Two pull requests propose changing this handling and one bug report describes the behavior; their outcomes are not stated in the titles.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Open related issues

- #140568: \[Bug\]: Same-provider fallbacks always skipped — _candidate_pool_exhausted treats next_available_at()=None as exhausted (Vertex SA credentials)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#140613: fix(agent): stop skipping same-provider fallbacks when the pool has no wait information**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#140893`, `#140849`, `#140808`, `#140236`, `#139530`
- **#140615: fix(agent): treat a pool with no wait information as unexhausted for fallback**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `agent/chat_completion_helpers.py`, `agent/chat_completion_helpers_fallback.py`, `tests/agent/test_fallback_pool_no_wait_info.py`

## Fix status

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