# NousResearch/hermes-agent · MoA custom_provider credentials missing for reference models

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where API keys and credentials for custom providers were not being forwarded to reference models in Mixture-of-Agents setups, causing HTTP 401 errors. Several fixes were proposed to pass credentials through the correct provider routes and runtime dictionaries.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 3 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.31`: 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

- #60064: MoA custom_provider credentials not passed to reference models (HTTP 401)
- #60065: MoA custom_provider credentials not passed to reference models (HTTP 401)
- #60068: MoA custom_provider credentials not passed to reference models (HTTP 401)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#60082: fix(moa): preserve slot credentials for custom_provider references**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `02b32e2d7cd155b756ba399de7d3f7b864f2de33`, `#60064`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#60255: fix(moa): pass custom_provider api_key to reference model runtime dict (#60064)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `02b32e2d7cd155b756ba399de7d3f7b864f2de33`, `#60064`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.