# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix fallback skipping alternate credentials same provider

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #91077: \[Bug\]: fallback with same provider+model+base_url but a different credential is skipped as the same backend
- PR #91078: fix(fallback): credential axis in backend identity so a second account is never skipped

These members address a bug where fallback logic incorrectly treats a second account/credential as a duplicate backend when the provider, model, and base URL match, causing it to be skipped. The fix ensures credentials are included in backend identity comparison so alternate credentials are properly retried.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #91077: \[Bug\]: fallback with same provider+model+base_url but a different credential is skipped as the same backend

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#91078: fix(fallback): credential axis in backend identity so a second account is never skipped**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#22548`
  - files: `agent/backend_identity.py`, `agent/chat_completion_helpers.py`, `tests/agent/test_backend_identity.py`
- **#91110: fix(fallback): retry with different credential on same provider+model (#91077)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#91078`

## Fix status

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