# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Credential pool rotation for Tavily/Exa search backends

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #29771: \[Feature\]: Extend credential pool to search backends (Tavily / Exa)
- PR #29772: feat(web): route Tavily/Exa search backends through credential pool
- PR #31045: feat: support Tavily API key pool rotation

These items add support for rotating API key pools for Tavily and Exa search backends, extending an existing credential pool mechanism to cover web search services.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #29771: \[Feature\]: Extend credential pool to search backends (Tavily / Exa)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#29772: feat(web): route Tavily/Exa search backends through credential pool**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `1a2885535`
  - files: `hermes_cli/auth.py`, `hermes_cli/auth_commands.py`, `plugins/web/exa/provider.py`, `plugins/web/tavily/provider.py`, `tests/tools/test_web_tools_exa.py`, `tests/tools/test_web_tools_tavily.py`, `website/docs/reference/environment-variables.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/web-search.md`
- **#31045: feat: support Tavily API key pool rotation**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#29771`, `#29772`, `#29772`
  - files: `plugins/web/tavily/provider.py`, `tests/tools/test_web_provider_tavily_key_pool.py`, `tests/tools/test_web_tools_tavily.py`

## Fix status

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