# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Provider switching affecting Anthropic API key and credential handling

## Open now

- 0 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #38477: fix(auth): prevent active OAuth provider from overriding direct-API model credentials
- PR #38514: fix(provider): honor Anthropic keys for auto portal provider (#38466)

The three members appear to concern provider or auth selection (a Portal provider and an active OAuth provider) interfering with existing direct Anthropic API key or model credentials. One is a bug report and two are fix-oriented titles; titles alone don't show their outcomes or whether the cases are identical.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #38466: \[Bug\]: Switching to Portal provider overrides existing Anthropic API key configuration

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#38477: fix(auth): prevent active OAuth provider from overriding direct-API model credentials**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/runtime_provider.py`
- **#38514: fix(provider): honor Anthropic keys for auto portal provider (#38466)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/runtime_provider.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_runtime_provider_resolution.py`

## Fix status

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