# NousResearch/hermes-agent · key_cmd token expiry shortest-lifetime fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #88535: \[Bug\]: key_cmd token cached past its real expiry when the helper reports both expires_in and an absolute deadline
- PR #139207: fix(key_cmd): cache, classify and recover key_cmd credentials correctly

These members address a bug where key_cmd helper tokens were cached beyond their actual expiry when multiple lifetime signals were reported. The fix ensures the earliest advertised expiry is honoured.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #88535: \[Bug\]: key_cmd token cached past its real expiry when the helper reports both expires_in and an absolute deadline

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#88536: fix(auth): honour the shortest lifetime a key_cmd helper advertises**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#88536`, `#91109`, `#91132`
- **#89004: fix(auth): honor earliest key_cmd token expiry**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#88536`
- **#139207: fix(key_cmd): cache, classify and recover key_cmd credentials correctly**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`, `agent/command_token_source.py`, `agent/error_classifier.py`, `tests/agent/test_command_token_source.py`, `tests/agent/test_error_classifier_key_cmd.py`, `tests/agent/test_keycmd_auth_remint.py`

## Fix status

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