# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Health endpoint missing API key auth requirement

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #90315: \[Bug\]: API server GET /health ignores API_SERVER_KEY while other routes require it
- PR #90421: fix(api): require API_SERVER_KEY on GET /health

A bug was identified where the GET /health route on the API server did not enforce API_SERVER_KEY authentication, unlike other routes. Multiple related fixes address requiring the key on that endpoint when configured.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #90315: \[Bug\]: API server GET /health ignores API_SERVER_KEY while other routes require it

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#90421: fix(api): require API_SERVER_KEY on GET /health**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/api_server.py`, `tests/gateway/test_api_server.py`
- **#90676: fix(api-server): require API_SERVER_KEY on GET /health when configured**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#90421`
- **#90724: fix(api): require API_SERVER_KEY auth on GET /health (#90315)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#90421`
- **#93957: fix(api_server): /health honors API_SERVER_KEY like every other route**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#90421`

## Fix status

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