# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Custom-provider key_env lookup with .env and profile secrets

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members all concern how a custom provider's key_env value is looked up, including the interaction between .env edits, stale os.environ values, and the profile secret scope. One is a bug report of 401 errors on a long-lived desktop local gateway after a .env edit, and two are fix PRs referencing #67935 that touch the CLI model picker/Ollama catalog and agent-side lookup.

## 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 #115885. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #115885 (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-115885`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #67935: \[Bug\]: Desktop local gateway: custom provider key_env fails 401 after .env edit (long-lived hermes serve)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#115885: fix(cli): custom-provider key_env in the model picker and Ollama catalog resolves through the profile secret scope (#67935)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/model_setup_flows_custom.py`, `hermes_cli/models_local.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_custom_provider_key_env_scope.py`
- **#67947: fix(agent): resolve custom-provider key_env preferring .env over stale os.environ (#67935)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#115885`, `#67935`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #115885 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-19`.
- Subsystem: `agent`