# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Nous proxy auth missing global fallback in profiles

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #98098: \[Bug\]: Nous proxy authentication ignores global auth fallback in profile-scoped Hermes workers
- PR #136960: fix(proxy): honor global Nous auth fallback

These items address a bug where Nous proxy authentication does not correctly fall back to global auth settings when operating within profile-scoped Hermes workers. Two fixes and one bug report all target the same authentication resolution gap.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #98098: \[Bug\]: Nous proxy authentication ignores global auth fallback in profile-scoped Hermes workers

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#98113: fix(proxy): resolve Nous auth state through global fallback in profiles**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#98149: fix(proxy): honor Nous auth profile fallback**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#98113`, `#98149`
- **#136960: fix(proxy): honor global Nous auth fallback**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/proxy/adapters/nous_portal.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_nous_proxy_auth.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli/proxy`