# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Provider auto-detection breaking credential pool failover

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes concern a bug where provider auto-detection discards credential pools and disables failover behavior. The changes aim to validate and preserve credential pools after auto-detection runs.

## 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 #63533. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #63533 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-63533`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #63425: \[Bug\]: Provider auto-detection discards credential pools and disables failover

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#63533: fix(agent): validate credential pool after provider auto-detection (#63425)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/agent_init.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_63425_credential_pool_auto_detect.py`
- **#63427: fix(auth): prevent provider auto-detection from disabling credential failover**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#63533`, `#63425`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #63533 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-14`.