# NousResearch/hermes-agent · model.key_env not mapped to api_key on load

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #74561: \[Bug\]: model.key_env in top-level model: section is never resolved — custom provider gets 401
- PR #74587: fix(config): resolve model.key_env into model.api_key at load time (#74561)

A bug where model.key_env in the top-level model config section is not converted into model.api_key at load time, causing authentication errors with custom providers. A correction addressing this conversion step is referenced.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #74561: \[Bug\]: model.key_env in top-level model: section is never resolved — custom provider gets 401

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#74562: fix(config): resolve model.key_env into model.api_key at load time**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#74587`, `#74561`
- **#74587: fix(config): resolve model.key_env into model.api_key at load time (#74561)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent/secret_sources`