# NousResearch/hermes-agent · API key persistence bugs and fixes in Desktop

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where API keys saved via the Desktop interface were not persisting correctly, and related issues where removed keys could reappear across multiple credential sources. The cluster covers both the problem reports and corresponding fix attempts.

## 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 #99310. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #99310 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #96058: \[Bug\]: Desktop Providers > API keys: saving a key does not persist to auth.json (Save is a no-op)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#99310: fix(credentials): removed API keys no longer resurrect across .env, auth.json, config.yaml, and the dashboard**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `hermes_cli/credential_lifecycle.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_credential_lifecycle.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_env_export_line_lifecycle.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_model_assignment_env_key_mirror.py`, `web/src/lib/env-state.test.ts`, `web/src/lib/env-state.ts`, `web/src/pages/EnvPage.tsx`
- **#96142: fix(credential-pool): materialize pool entry on Desktop PUT /api/env save (#96058)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#99310`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #99310 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-31`.