# NousResearch/hermes-agent · HTTP 429 usage limit handling and fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address bugs and fixes related to HTTP 429 'usage limit reached' errors, including credential pool rotation, quota classification as billing errors, and compression fallback behavior under limited conditions.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #93455. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #93455 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #62449: \[Bug\]:“API call failed after three retries. HTTP 429: The usage limit has been reached.”

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#93455: fix(classifier): 429 quota walls route to billing across providers; reset signals stay retryable (consolidates #39441, #63021, #74785)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/error_classifier.py`, `tests/agent/test_error_classifier.py`
- **#63021: fix: classify quota-style 429 usage limits as billing**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `0c3a50753`, `#93455`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #93455 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-24`.
- Subsystem: `agent`