# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Classifying 429 quota-exhaustion errors for fallback instead of retry

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #36280: fix(agent): trigger fallback on quota-exhaustion 429s (e.g. Kimi monthly limit)

These issues and pull requests all concern HTTP 429 quota or usage-limit errors from providers (e.g. Kimi monthly limit, Ollama Cloud session limit) being retried rather than treated as billing or non-retryable errors that trigger fallback. The members share one theme; one title mentions consolidating three earlier items, and another notes that reset signals should stay retryable.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #93455. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #93455 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.36`: 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

- #36276: fix(agent): HTTP 429 quota-exhaustion errors retried 3 times instead of failing fast
- #65563: Ollama Cloud "session usage limit" 429 error not triggering fallback_providers chain

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#93455: fix(classifier): 429 quota walls route to billing across providers; reset signals stay retryable (consolidates #39441, #63021, #74785)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/error_classifier.py`, `tests/agent/test_error_classifier.py`
- **#36280: fix(agent): trigger fallback on quota-exhaustion 429s (e.g. Kimi monthly limit)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`, `agent/error_classifier.py`, `tests/agent/test_error_classifier.py`
- **#39441: fix(agent): classify quota-exhaustion 429s as billing**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `0c3a50753`, `#93455`
- **#65633: fix: classify 429 quota-exhaustion errors as non-retryable for fallback**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `0c3a50753`, `#93455`, `#39441`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #93455 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-24`.
- Subsystem: `agent`