# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Discord token and tool cache env reload fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address issues where Discord bot token and related admin tools were not properly recognized when credentials were stored in .env files. Fixes involve reading the token from the Hermes environment and invalidating tool caches on dotenv reload.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #30565: discord/discord_admin tools silently hidden when DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN is only in .env

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#33423: fix(tools): invalidate tool caches on dotenv reload**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#30565`
- **#34281: fix(discord): read bot token from Hermes env**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `f24c00a5bf8845fd07e059cce3ded7056af9fec2`, `#30565`

## Fix status

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