# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Hermes status ignores credential pool for OpenRouter key detection

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #60106: hermes status reports OpenRouter not set when credential exists only in auth pool
- PR #60135: fix: hermes status checks credential pool when env var is absent (#60106)

Members describe \`hermes status\` reporting OpenRouter as not set when a credential exists only in the auth/credential pool, not as an environment variable. Several members are proposed changes that check the pool in status, with one also covering doctor and config show.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #60106: hermes status reports OpenRouter not set when credential exists only in auth pool

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#60135: fix: hermes status checks credential pool when env var is absent (#60106)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#60214`
  - files: `hermes_cli/status.py`
- **#60214: fix(cli): check credential pool for OpenRouter in hermes status (#60106)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#60135`, `#60106`
- **#108333: fix(cli): count credential-pool entries as a configured API key in doctor, status and config show**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#60135`, `#60106`, `#62467`

## Fix status

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