# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Auth credential pool base_url ignored during provider resolution

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #42269: hermes auth add deepseek: credential stored to pool but provider resolution ignores it at runtime
- PR #42386: fix(auth): surface pool base_url and log errors in _resolve_api_key_p…

The members concern credentials added via \`hermes auth add\` (e.g. deepseek) being stored in a pool while provider resolution appears not to use them, specifically around pool entry base_url handling and error logging in \`_resolve_api_key_p…\`. Two members are fix-oriented pull requests and one is an issue report, all touching the same auth resolution area.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Open related issues

- #42269: hermes auth add deepseek: credential stored to pool but provider resolution ignores it at runtime

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#42386: fix(auth): surface pool base_url and log errors in _resolve_api_key_p…**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/auth.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_deepseek_auth_pool_resolution.py`
- **#42425: fix(auth): honour pool entry base_url in provider credential resolution (#42269)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

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