# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Credential pool parsing and rotation bug fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address bugs in the credential pool implementation, including ISO-8601 date string parsing during rehydration, type normalization for last_status_at, and pool rotation incorrectly counting against API retry limits. A batch PR also bundles several low-risk contributor fixes across adjacent areas.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 4 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #27292. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #27292 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.33`: 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

- #25516: \[Bug\]: Type issue in GPT pools

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#25531: fix(agent): normalise last_status_at to float in PooledCredential.from_dict (#25516)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#25528`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#27292: Batch salvage group 2: 10 low-risk new-contributor PRs (kanban/windows/credential-pool/deepseek-aux/etc)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `agent/credential_pool.py`, `cli.py`, `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban.py`, `plugins/model-providers/deepseek/__init__.py`, `run_agent.py`, `scripts/install.ps1`, `scripts/release.py`, `scripts/setup_open_webui.sh`, `tests/plugins/model_providers/test_deepseek_profile.py`, `tools/delegate_tool.py`
- **#16902: fix(credential-pool): pool rotation should not count toward api_max_retries (#16830)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `volume_quota`; implication `active`; refs `#25516`
- **#25528: fix(credential_pool): parse ISO-8601 last_status_at on rehydration**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#25576: fix(credential_pool): parse ISO-string last_status_at during from_dict rehydration (#25516)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#27292`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #27292 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-05-17`.
- Subsystem: `agent`