# NousResearch/hermes-agent · key_cmd credential errors: classification, retries, and caching

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #91108: \[Bug\]: key_cmd credential failure classified as transient — 30s of retries hide the "run auth login" message
- PR #139207: fix(key_cmd): cache, classify and recover key_cmd credentials correctly

These items concern how key_cmd credential failures are handled, including a bug report that such failures are treated as transient and cause about 30 seconds of retries that hide the "run auth login" message. Two related pull requests propose changes to error classification, fail-fast behavior, caching, and recovery; the titles alone do not show their outcomes.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #91108: \[Bug\]: key_cmd credential failure classified as transient — 30s of retries hide the "run auth login" message

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#91109: fix(error-classifier): fail fast on key_cmd credential errors**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#88536`, `#91109`, `#91132`
- **#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`