# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Authentication and API key handling across several providers

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #55539: \[Kanban\] Worker spawn produces Authorization: Bearer *** on first LLM call for minimax-cn profile
- PR #55552: fix(diagnostics): show masked API key and correct URL in request dumps for anthropic_messages mode
- PR #55587: fix(auth): add config.yaml model.api_key fallback for API-key providers

These members share a loose authentication/API-key theme but touch different areas: Anthropic OAuth token endpoint iteration, a config.yaml api_key fallback, a Kanban worker Authorization header issue with a minimax-cn profile, and masked key display in request dumps. They may not describe a single shared problem.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #55539: \[Kanban\] Worker spawn produces Authorization: Bearer *** on first LLM call for minimax-cn profile

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#45254: fix(auth): iterate token endpoints in Anthropic OAuth login flow**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`
- **#55552: fix(diagnostics): show masked API key and correct URL in request dumps for anthropic_messages mode**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_run_agent_codex_responses.py`
- **#55587: fix(auth): add config.yaml model.api_key fallback for API-key providers**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#55539`
  - files: `hermes_cli/auth.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_api_key_providers.py`

## Fix status

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