# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Malformed URL/proxy env detection before client init

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address surfacing malformed proxy environment variables and custom endpoint URLs earlier, before the OpenAI client is initialized. Includes a user-reported case where an invalid port string caused a client initialization failure.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #10545. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #10545 (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-10545`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #6360: \[Setup\]: I use quick to install the configured custom model, and then I enter hello to display Failed to initialize agent: Failed to initialize OpenAI client: Invalid port: 6153export

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#10545: fix(runtime): surface malformed proxy env and base URL before client init**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `run_agent.py`, `scripts/release.py`, `tests/agent/test_proxy_and_url_validation.py`
- **#6373: fix(setup): reject malformed inherited custom endpoint URLs**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#6403`, `#6360`
- **#6403: fix(runtime): surface malformed proxy env before client init**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#10545`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #10545 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-04-15`. This confirmation is old and may be out of date (a revert/reopen would not have invalidated it here); re-verify.