Model limit probe

Nous: Hermes 3 405B Instruct (free) | RPM limit

Nous: Hermes 3 405B Instruct (free) RPM limit decides whether a key can enter a production route. TestKey reads model ID nousresearch/hermes-3-llama-3.1-405b:free, provider Nousresearch, catalog context, real-key headers, 429 errors, and region signals together.

Model

nousresearch/hermes-3-llama-3.1-405b:free

Nous: Hermes 3 405B Instruct (free)

Provider

Nousresearch

6 models in catalog

Limit dimension

RPM limit

rpm-limit

Visible signal

real key probe required

Context window: 131,072

Limit matrix summary

Model

nousresearch/hermes-3-llama-3.1-405b:free

Limit dimension

rpm-limit

Visible signal

real key probe required

Read-only check. Detection data burns after 5 minutes.

Why this limit matters

Nous: Hermes 3 405B Instruct (free) RPM limit decides whether a key can enter a production route. TestKey reads model ID nousresearch/hermes-3-llama-3.1-405b:free, provider Nousresearch, catalog context, real-key headers, 429 errors, and region signals together.

Model: nousresearch/hermes-3-llama-3.1-405b:free
Provider: Nousresearch
Limit dimension: RPM limit

How to prove it

Read-only check. Detection data burns after 5 minutes.

Start with the visible signal: real key probe required, then read headers and error bodies with read-only requests.
RPM limit must bind model ID nousresearch/hermes-3-llama-3.1-405b:free; limits from another model at the same provider cannot be reused.
RPM limit · real key probe required · 131,072

Operator action

Nous: Hermes 3 405B Instruct (free) RPM limit is not just a number. It should become route throttling, sale tags, headroom alerts, fallback model suggestions, and price protection.

Read-only check. Detection data burns after 5 minutes.
Visible signal: real key probe required
Context window: 131,072

Open key checker

Read-only check. Detection data burns after 5 minutes.

Open models

Nous: Hermes 3 405B Instruct (free)

Open providers

Nousresearch