# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Credential pool ignores providers dict with custom_providers

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #81126: bug: providers: dict is silently ignored by credential_pool when custom_providers: list is present — no pool entry ever seeded
- PR #81852: fix(auth): seed provider dict credentials with legacy custom providers

A bug where the credential pool silently drops entries from a providers dict when a custom_providers list is also present, along with related fix attempts targeting that seeding logic.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #81126: bug: providers: dict is silently ignored by credential_pool when custom_providers: list is present — no pool entry ever seeded

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#81182: fix(credential_pool): seed pool entries for providers: dict alongside legacy custom_providers**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#81852: fix(auth): seed provider dict credentials with legacy custom providers**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#81182`
  - files: `agent/credential_pool.py`, `tests/agent/test_credential_pool.py`

## Fix status

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