# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix credential rotation for named custom auth providers

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where credential rotation after 401/429 responses was being bypassed for named custom providers due to a provider name mismatch. The changes apply fixes to ensure rotation logic correctly handles named custom providers.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #93450. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #93450 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-93450`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #93188: Bug: Custom provider credential rotation bypassed due to provider name mismatch

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#93450: fix(auth): named custom providers rotate credentials after 401/429 (#93188)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`, `agent/credential_pool.py`, `tests/agent/test_credential_pool_provider_boundary.py`, `tests/agent/test_custom_pool_mismatch_guard.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_primary_runtime_restore.py`
- **#93214: fix(auth): rotate keys for named custom providers after 429s**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `37411f349`, `#93450`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #93450 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-24`.