# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix caching of transient None cloud provider value

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where a None result from cloud provider detection is incorrectly cached, permanently forcing the process into local mode. Multiple fix attempts target the same root cause.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #22794. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #22794 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-22794`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #22324: \[Bug\]: _get_cloud_provider() caches transient None, pinning process to local mode forever

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#22326: fix(browser): don't cache None cloud provider on transient startup race (#22324)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `3170c8d4484e8fcc12d8a18acdb4f246071b4249`, `#22324`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#22794: fix(browser_tool): do not cache transient None cloud provider resolution (salvage #22531)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_browser_cloud_provider_cache.py`, `tools/browser_tool.py`
- **#22531: fix(browser_tool): do not cache transient None cloud provider resolution**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#22794`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #22794 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-05-09`.
- Subsystem: `agent`