# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Honcho host key lookup and client isolation fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Multiple fixes addressing how Honcho resolves legacy dot-form host configuration keys, preventing misidentified API keys and authentication failures. Related changes also harden self-hosted setup paths and enforce per-profile client isolation.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #85452. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #85452 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #37436: bug(honcho): _resolve_or_create_client uses direct dict.get(config.host) without _host_block legacy fallback → dot-form configs misinterpreted as missing apiKey → 'local' string → 401 Invalid JWT → silent loss of all writes

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#85452: fix(honcho): isolate clients per profile, resolve baseUrl/apiKey, enforce saveMessages containment**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `agent/memory_manager.py`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `plugins/memory/honcho/README.md`, `plugins/memory/honcho/__init__.py`, `plugins/memory/honcho/cli.py`, `plugins/memory/honcho/client.py`, `plugins/memory/honcho/session.py`, `tests/honcho_plugin/test_async_memory.py`, `tests/honcho_plugin/test_client.py`, `tests/honcho_plugin/test_client_identity_isolation.py`, `tests/honcho_plugin/test_save_messages.py`, `tests/plugins/memory/test_honcho_cli_peers.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_primary_runtime_restore.py`, `tests/test_honcho_client_config.py` (+2 more)
- **#37456: fix(honcho): respect dot-form host api keys**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `78d338b9ee917b73468c38ba4633ed53de4942e6`, `#37436`, `#85452`
- **#37671: fix(honcho): use _host_block helper for dot-form legacy host key fallback (fixes #37436)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `2f80ae0a6a`, `#131301`
- **#54394: fix(honcho): use _host_block() helper in SDK bypass for legacy dot-form host keys**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#37456`, `#37436`, `#37456`, `#37671`, `#37456`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #85452 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-13`.
- Subsystem: `agent`