# NousResearch/hermes-agent · TCP keepalive and proxy fixes for auxiliary clients

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Multiple fixes and attempts addressing SSL/connection errors and proxy compatibility for auxiliary OpenAI client instances, centered on adding TCP keepalive transport configuration. Members include duplicate or iterative PRs and a related issue report.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 4 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #41745: Auxiliary functions fail with SSL/connection errors on corporate proxies (missing keepalive transport)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#41780: fix(#41745): Add TCP keepalive transport to auxiliary client OpenAI instances**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `51c1ba6976205671eea8da737580229ef155e2c9`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#41850: fix(agent): add TCP keepalive transport to auxiliary clients (#41745)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#41919`, `#41745`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#41919: fix(agent): add TCP keepalive transport to auxiliary clients (#41745)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#42192: fix(aux): add TCP keepalive HTTP client to auxiliary OpenAI calls**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#41850`, `#41919`

## Fix status

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