# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Credential pool rate-limit absolute datetime parsing fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #46891: \[Bug\]: fix: credential pool retry-delay parser doesn't handle absolute-datetime rate-limit messages
- PR #46902: fix(agent): parse absolute-datetime rate-limit messages in credential pool retry delay
- PR #46930: fix(credential-pool): parse absolute reset timestamps from rate-limit error messages

These issues and pull requests address a bug where the credential pool retry-delay parser fails to handle rate-limit error messages that contain absolute datetime timestamps instead of relative delays.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Open related issues

- #46891: \[Bug\]: fix: credential pool retry-delay parser doesn't handle absolute-datetime rate-limit messages

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#46902: fix(agent): parse absolute-datetime rate-limit messages in credential pool retry delay**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#46891`
  - files: `agent/credential_pool.py`, `tests/agent/test_credential_pool.py`
- **#46930: fix(credential-pool): parse absolute reset timestamps from rate-limit error messages**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#46902`, `#46891`, `#26464`
  - files: `agent/credential_pool.py`

## Fix status

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