# NousResearch/hermes-agent · MiniMax OAuth missing api_key_env_vars config

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the minimax-oauth provider lacks api_key_env_vars configuration causes incorrect environment variable names to appear in authentication error messages. Members include a bug report, a fix, and a related configuration addition.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 4 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #114852. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114852 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.33`: 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

- #89516: \[Bug\]: minimax-oauth ⁠ provider missing ⁠ api_key_env_vars ⁠ causes wrong env var name in error messages

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114852: fix(auth): missing-credential hints name the real env var or the OAuth login (#114405, #78996, salvage #89517)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `agent/agent_init.py`, `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `agent/auxiliary_unavailable.py`, `agent/context_compressor.py`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/agent/test_context_compressor.py`, `tests/agent/test_missing_provider_credentials_hint.py`, `website/docs/guides/minimax-oauth.md`
- **#89517: fix(auth): name the real env var in minimax-oauth failure hints**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `cab9a2795479`, `#114852`, `#114852`, `#114405`, `#78996`, `#89517`, `#114405`, `#78996`
- **#89541: Add api_key_env_vars to authentication configuration**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `cab9a2795479`, `#114852`, `#114852`, `#114405`, `#78996`, `#89517`, `#114405`, `#78996`
- **#90222: fix(auth): correct MiniMax OAuth API key hint**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `cab9a2795479`, `#114852`, `#114852`, `#114405`, `#78996`, `#89517`, `#114405`, `#78996`
- **#90281: fix(auth): hint MINIMAX_API_KEY (not MINIMAX-OAUTH_API_KEY) in credential errors**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `cab9a2795479`, `#114852`, `#114852`, `#114405`, `#78996`, `#89517`, `#114405`, `#78996`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114852 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.
- Subsystem: `agent`