NousResearch/hermes-agent

Fail fast on custom provider auth errors

Cluster 69905 · agent. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #76952 on 2 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These members address a bug where probing a custom provider's /models endpoint on HTTP 401/403 auth errors would hang until the full timeout instead of failing immediately. The fixes implement short-circuit behavior for authentication failures.

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  • #76952 fix(agent): fail fast on custom-provider /models auth errors (salvage #69983)

    merged to main

    files: agent/model_metadata.py, tests/agent/test_model_metadata.py

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: duplicate 1 · merged via another change 1

  • #69971 fix(agent): fail fast on slow /models auth errors · duplicate → #69983
  • #69983 fix(agent): fail fast on custom-provider /models auth errors (401/403 short-circuit + streamed probe) · merged via another change → #76952
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#69905[Bug]: Custom provider /models probe hangs for full timeout on HTTP 401 responses (should fail fast)
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#76952
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2 PRs closed without merging
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2 Aug 2026

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