# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Auxiliary compression fallback routing fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address cases where auxiliary compression fails to route through fallback providers when hitting usage limits (429), auth errors (401/403), or bad candidates. The work focuses on making fallback_providers actually get used when the primary or auto route fails.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #15714: Auxiliary compression auto-routing ignores fallback_providers after main model usage limit

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#15871: fix(auxiliary): route compression fallback through config fallback_providers on usage limits (#15714)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#15994: fix(auxiliary): chase fallback_providers when compression hits 429 (#15714)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#15871`, `#15714`

## Fix status

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