# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Normalize provider cache/usage token shapes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address inconsistencies in how cache and usage token fields are normalized across multiple providers, specifically covering OpenAI cache write tokens and Qwen flat cached token formats. The work consolidates normalization logic to handle varying wire shapes from different provider APIs.

## 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 #85769. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #85769 (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-85769`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #70543: Usage accounting: OpenAI GPT-5.6+ cache writes and Qwen flat cache reads normalize to 0

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#85769: fix(usage): normalize every provider cache/usage wire shape in normalize_usage (5-PR consolidation)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/usage_pricing.py`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/agent/test_usage_pricing.py`
- **#70522: fix(usage): normalize OpenAI cache_write_tokens and Qwen flat cached_tokens**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#85769`, `#66105`, `#70543`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #85769 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-14`.
- Subsystem: `agent`