# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Credential pool override and stale key issues

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #21950: Credential pool in auth.json silently overrides config.yaml api_key, causing stale-key 429s
- PR #47718: fix(copilot): don't seed a Copilot pool credential from a classic ghp_ GITHUB_TOKEN (#47708)

These items concern cases where pooled credentials in auth configuration silently take precedence over explicitly configured API keys, including a specific fix to prevent classic GitHub tokens from seeding Copilot credential pools.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #21950: Credential pool in auth.json silently overrides config.yaml api_key, causing stale-key 429s

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#21964: fix(auth): let config api keys override stale pool entries**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#47718: fix(copilot): don't seed a Copilot pool credential from a classic ghp_ GITHUB_TOKEN (#47708)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/credential_pool.py`, `tests/tools/test_credential_pool_env_fallback.py`

## Fix status

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