# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Custom provider auxiliary key lost in resolution

## Open now

- 0 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #76771: fix: preserve custom provider name in auxiliary task resolution (#76760)
- PR #76777: fix(provider): keep auxiliary key for custom providers (#76760)

A bug causes the auxiliary task key to be silently dropped or replaced with a placeholder when using custom providers, resulting in rejected requests. Two fixes address preserving the custom provider name and auxiliary key during task resolution.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #76760: Auxiliary task key silently dropped for custom providers in providers: table — request sent with placeholder key (401)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#76771: fix: preserve custom provider name in auxiliary task resolution (#76760)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#67055`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_client.py`
- **#76777: fix(provider): keep auxiliary key for custom providers (#76760)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#67055`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `tests/agent/test_auxiliary_client.py`

## Fix status

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