# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Auth fallback for unauthenticated /models metadata requests

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #4913: \[Bug\]: custom endpoint metadata lookup can hit /models without auth
- PR #4914: fix(model-metadata): fall back to LITELLM_KEY for endpoint metadata
- PR #4975: fix: fall back to LITELLM_KEY for /models metadata auth

These items address a bug where custom endpoint metadata lookups can hit the /models route without authentication. The fix involves falling back to LITELLM_KEY when no auth is present for that request.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #4913: \[Bug\]: custom endpoint metadata lookup can hit /models without auth

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#4914: fix(model-metadata): fall back to LITELLM_KEY for endpoint metadata**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `b3aa561fa`
  - files: `agent/model_metadata.py`, `tests/agent/test_model_metadata.py`
- **#4975: fix: fall back to LITELLM_KEY for /models metadata auth**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#4914`, `#4913`
  - files: `agent/model_metadata.py`

## Fix status

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