# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Config profile inheritance and provider key fixes

## Open now

- 3 issues, 5 PRs open on GitHub.
- #40645: Kanban: worker profile custom_providers not inherited from default config
- #43713: Bug: profile config providers dict replaces/clears default providers instead of inheriting
- #55539: \[Kanban\] Worker spawn produces Authorization: Bearer *** on first LLM call for minimax-cn profile
- PR #20964: feat(config): implement profile config inheritance from default
- PR #40670: fix(kanban): inherit custom_providers from default config for workers
- PR #43765: fix(config): inherit default root config when loading profile configs
- PR #55552: fix(diagnostics): show masked API key and correct URL in request dumps for anthropic_messages mode
- PR #55587: fix(auth): add config.yaml model.api_key fallback for API-key providers

Multiple issues and fixes around profile configs inheriting provider settings from the root/default config rather than replacing them, plus related auth and API key fallback fixes for specific providers.

## TL;DR

- 14 member(s): 3 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 5 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 4 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.

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## Open related issues

- #40645: Kanban: worker profile custom_providers not inherited from default config
- #43713: Bug: profile config providers dict replaces/clears default providers instead of inheriting
- #55539: \[Kanban\] Worker spawn produces Authorization: Bearer *** on first LLM call for minimax-cn profile

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #20270: \[Feature\]: Profile config inheritance from default
- #22718: \[Feature\]: Profile Inheritance — Base/Profile Layering Architecture

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#43816: fix(config): profile configs inherit root providers instead of replacing (#43713)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#43765`, `#43713`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#14642: config: inherit provider sections from root into named profiles**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#14643`, `#41741`, `#43816`, `#43765`
- **#20964: feat(config): implement profile config inheritance from default**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#20270`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/profiles.py`, `hermes_constants.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_profiles.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/profiles.md`
- **#40670: fix(kanban): inherit custom_providers from default config for workers**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`, `hermes_cli/runtime_provider.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_runtime_provider_resolution.py`
- **#41741: feat(config): profile config inheritance from default (#20270)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#20964`
- **#43765: fix(config): inherit default root config when loading profile configs**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_profile_config_inheritance.py`
- **#45254: fix(auth): iterate token endpoints in Anthropic OAuth login flow**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`
- **#55552: fix(diagnostics): show masked API key and correct URL in request dumps for anthropic_messages mode**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_run_agent_codex_responses.py`
- **#55587: fix(auth): add config.yaml model.api_key fallback for API-key providers**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#55539`
  - files: `hermes_cli/auth.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_api_key_providers.py`

## Fix status

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