# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Orphaned auth credentials visibility and cleanup

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #14218: \[Bug\]: Credential pool entries persist after custom_provider removal via \`hermes model\` — interactive remove menu doesn't show orphaned custom providers
- PR #14269: fix: show orphaned custom auth pools in interactive remove
- PR #14275: fix(tui): preserve config on save, surface orphaned auth credentials

These issues and fixes address a bug where credential pool entries for removed custom providers were not shown in interactive menus, leaving orphaned auth data hidden and unremovable. The work focuses on surfacing these orphaned credentials so users can manage them.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #14218: \[Bug\]: Credential pool entries persist after custom_provider removal via \`hermes model\` — interactive remove menu doesn't show orphaned custom providers

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#14269: fix: show orphaned custom auth pools in interactive remove**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/auth_commands.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_auth_commands.py`
- **#14275: fix(tui): preserve config on save, surface orphaned auth credentials**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `123c6f3a2`, `#14269`
  - files: `hermes_cli/auth_commands.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`

## Fix status

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