# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Stale encrypted_content persisting after provider or LLM switch

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members all concern stale encrypted reasoning state (\`encrypted_content\`) being carried over after switching providers, with one report of 400 errors on Telegram sessions and another tied to xAI OAuth fallback. One member is a fix-oriented pull request that proposes stripping that state; the titles alone do not show whether the problem is settled.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.45`: 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

- #32617: xAI OAuth fallback after provider switch due to stale encrypted_content replay
- #34205: \[Bug\]: Provider/LLM switch leaves stale encrypted_content causing 400 errors on Telegram sessions

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#34360: fix(agent): strip stale encrypted reasoning state on provider switch (#34205)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `9c69204d8783a530db065136a39baca9817b7c40`, `91d05b982d0bc08a735a2c0b1fedccd93b7fc9cd`, `#31629`

## Fix status

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