# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Auxiliary vision custom provider loses API key bug

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where auxiliary vision configured with a named custom provider and explicit base_url loses its API key by incorrectly downgrading the provider identity. Two fix attempts address preserving the named user-defined provider when base_url is explicitly set.

## 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 #131915. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #131915 (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-131915`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #76602: auxiliary vision with custom provider + base_url loses api_key (downgraded to 'custom' → 'no-key-required' → 401)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#131915: fix(auxiliary_client): preserve named user-defined provider on explicit base_url \[risk 0.30\]**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `tests/agent/test_auxiliary_client.py`
- **#76668: fix(auxiliary_client): preserve named user-defined provider on explicit base_url**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#76740: fix(auxiliary): keep named custom provider identity when base_url is set**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `6c20017cd539`, `#76602`, `#76668`, `#76740`, `#67055`, `#374151`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #131915 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-03`.
- Subsystem: `agent`