# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Delegate task ignores parent runtime credentials

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #26722: \[Bug\] delegate_task ignores parent runtime base_url/api_key when delegation.base_url is configured
- PR #131517: fix(delegate): inherit parent runtime creds over stale static delegation.base_url

A bug where delegate_task uses a stale static delegation.base_url instead of inheriting the parent's runtime base_url and api_key, with fixes proposed to correct this credential inheritance behavior.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #26722: \[Bug\] delegate_task ignores parent runtime base_url/api_key when delegation.base_url is configured

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#26739: fix(delegate): ignore stale delegation.base_url when parent uses codex**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#131517: fix(delegate): inherit parent runtime creds over stale static delegation.base_url**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `tests/agent/test_review_engine.py`, `tests/tools/test_delegate.py`, `tools/delegate_tool.py`

## Fix status

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