Focused fix sample
Hermes credential pool fallback
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Scope
- Original signal: a WebUI issue about credential pool behavior in Hermes.
- Discovery: the relevant code lived in
NousResearch/hermes-agent, not the WebUI repo. - Patch: add opt-in base-profile credential pool fallback while preserving profile-local precedence.
- Boundary: no credential copying, no option-B streaming changes, no broad rewrite.
Public artifacts
- Pull request: NousResearch/hermes-agent #18931
- Issue trail: nesquena/hermes-webui #1452
- Tracking handoff: linked back to the original issue
Verification
The local test pass focused on the new fallback behavior plus the existing credential pool suite:
python -m pytest tests\hermes_cli\test_credential_pool_base_fallback.py -q -o addopts=""
python -m pytest tests\agent\test_credential_pool.py -q -o addopts=""Result logged locally: 4 new fallback tests passed, plus 41 existing credential pool tests passed in this environment.
Buyer value
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