# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Custom provider credential rotation broken on model switch

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #86230: \[Bug\]: switch_model loads empty credential pool for custom providers — 429/401 rotation silently disabled
- PR #86276: fix(agent): keep credential rotation working after custom provider switches

A bug causes the credential pool to load empty when switching to a custom provider model, silently disabling 429/401 credential rotation. The accompanying fixes address loading the correct canonical pool key after a switch.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #86230: \[Bug\]: switch_model loads empty credential pool for custom providers — 429/401 rotation silently disabled

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86276: fix(agent): keep credential rotation working after custom provider switches**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`
  - files: `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`, `hermes_cli/runtime_provider.py`, `tests/agent/test_custom_pool_mismatch_guard.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_switch_model_pool_reload_52727.py`
- **#127759: fix(agent): load canonical custom pool key on switch_model**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

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