# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Minimax base_url override x-api-key header bug

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where the Minimax provider ignores a user-supplied base_url override and incorrectly sends an x-api-key header to OpenAI-compatible proxies, causing 401 errors. The cluster covers the bug report, a fix, and a follow-up salvage attempt.

## 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 #115401. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #115401 (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-115401`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #76836: minimax provider ignores base_url override, sends x-api-key to OpenAI-compatible proxy → 401 (regression from #53054 / 33a2f29a6)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#115401: minimax behind an OpenAI-compatible base_url override no longer 401s on x-api-key (#76836, salvage #76859)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/runtime_provider.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_runtime_transport_precedence.py`, `utils.py`
- **#76859: fix(provider): honor base_url override for minimax (#76836)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `33a2f29a6`, `#115401`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #115401 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.
- Subsystem: `agent`