# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop Providers settings ignoring active profile

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where Desktop Providers settings writes API keys and credential lookups to the base profile instead of the currently active profile. Two fixes scope these operations to the active profile.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #92700. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #92700 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #92662: \[Bug\]: Desktop Providers settings writes API keys to the base profile regardless of the selected profile

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#92700: fix(desktop): profile model changes no longer look reverted — settings scope can't target primary by accident (salvage #90549)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/messaging/index.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/messaging/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/config-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/env-credentials.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/keys-settings.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/keys-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/memory/connect.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/memory/provider-config-panel.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/model-settings.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/model-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/store/settings-scope.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/settings-scope.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`
- **#92675: fix(desktop): make a bare useEnvCredentials() call follow the active profile (#92662)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `2a379a167`, `#92700`
- **#92680: fix(desktop): scope Providers settings key saves to the active profile (#92662)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `2a379a167`, `#92662`, `#92700`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #92700 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-23`.