# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Provider config missing timeout keys in validator

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was identified where request_timeout_seconds and stale_timeout_seconds were absent from the provider validator's _KNOWN_KEYS list. These items track the report and associated fixes to add those keys so provider config entries are accepted without validation errors.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 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 #16908. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #16908 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #16779: Provider validator's _KNOWN_KEYS is missing request_timeout_seconds / stale_timeout_seconds

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#16812: fix(config): add request_timeout_seconds and stale_timeout_seconds to provider _KNOWN_KEYS (#16779)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#16908: fix(config): add request_timeout_seconds and stale_timeout_seconds to provider _KNOWN_KEYS**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_provider_config_validation.py`
- **#16786: fix(config): accept request_timeout_seconds / stale_timeout_seconds in providers entries (#16779)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#16908`, `#16853`
- **#16853: fix(config): add request_timeout_seconds and stale_timeout_seconds to provider _KNOWN_KEYS**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#16908`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #16908 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-04-28`.