# NousResearch/hermes-agent · BWS secrets fallback to stale disk cache on network failure

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Multiple related pull requests implementing or refining a fallback mechanism that uses a stale on-disk cache when a live Bitwarden Secrets Manager network fetch fails. The members appear to be iterations or duplicates addressing the same fix.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #69051. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #69051 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-69051`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #41925: fix(secrets): fallback to stale disk cache when BWS network call fails at startup

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#69051: fix(secrets): fall back to stale disk cache when bws live fetch fails (salvage #41938)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/secret_sources/bitwarden.py`, `tests/test_bitwarden_secrets.py`
- **#41938: fix(secrets): fall back to stale disk cache when bws live fetch fails**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#69051`, `#41925`
- **#42069: fix(secrets): fallback to stale BWS disk cache on network failure (#41925)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #69051 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-22`.
- Subsystem: `agent`