# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Doctor incorrectly marks web provider as ready

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where the doctor command gives a passing status to the web tool even when its selected provider is not configured or available. The fixes aim to make readiness checks reflect actual provider availability.

## 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 #90572. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #90572 (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-90572`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #78412: bug(doctor): web gets a green check when its selected provider is not ready

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#90572: feat: keyless web tier is now a 5-vendor free rotation (Exa/Parallel/Tavily/Firecrawl/Keenable) with ring failover + honest doctor readiness**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/web_search_registry.py`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `default.tar.gz`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/doctor.py`, `hermes_cli/nous_subscription.py`, `plugins/web/exa/provider.py`, `plugins/web/firecrawl/plugin.yaml`, `plugins/web/firecrawl/provider.py`, `plugins/web/keenable/__init__.py`, `plugins/web/keenable/plugin.yaml`, `plugins/web/keenable/provider.py`, `plugins/web/keyless_mcp.py`, `plugins/web/parallel/provider.py`, `plugins/web/tavily/plugin.yaml`, `plugins/web/tavily/provider.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_doctor.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_nous_subscription.py`, `tests/plugins/web/test_web_search_provider_plugins.py`, `tests/tools/test_web_keyless_fallback.py` (+8 more)
- **#78434: fix(doctor): treat selected web providers as ready only when available**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `f796239c6`, `#90572`, `#78412`
- **#78436: fix(doctor): flag web tool readiness when selected provider is not configured**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#78412`, `#90572`, `#78434`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #90572 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-20`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`