# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Auth fallback config bypasses secret scope isolation

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was identified where fallback configuration resolves API keys using raw os.getenv(), bypassing secret_scope profile isolation. These members track the problem and proposed fixes to use secret-scope-aware secret resolution instead.

## 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 #74340. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #74340 (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-74340`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #74311: auth: fallback config resolves API key via raw os.getenv(), bypassing secret_scope profile isolation

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#74340: fix(auth): restore secret-scope isolation for fallback API key resolution**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/agent_init.py`, `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `agent/chat_completion_helpers.py`, `hermes_cli/fallback_config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_fallback_config.py`
- **#74722: fix(auth): use secret_scope-aware resolution in fallback config (#74311)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `d52a1c25e0`, `#74340`
- **#75050: fix(auth): use secret-scoped get_secret instead of raw os.getenv in fallback (#74311)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `d52a1c25e0`, `#74340`, `#74722`, `#76574`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #74340 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-01`.
- Subsystem: `agent`