NousResearch/hermes-agent

Fix premature home marking before secret load completes

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #69056 on 22 Jul 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These issues and PRs address a bug where _APPLIED_HOMES.add() is called before secret loading succeeds, causing subsequent attempts to be permanently skipped. The fix defers the marking until after a real fetch attempt completes.

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  • #69056 fix(secrets): mark _APPLIED_HOMES only after a real fetch attempt (#40597)

    merged to main

    files: hermes_cli/env_loader.py, tests/test_env_loader_applied_homes.py

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: superseded by another PR 1

  • #40614 fix(env-loader): defer _APPLIED_HOMES.add() until after secret loading succeeds · superseded by another PR → #69056, #40597
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#40597Bug: _APPLIED_HOMES.add() before secret loading causes permanent skip on failure
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#69056
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1 PR closed without merging
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22 Jul 2026

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