# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Stale session model override shadowing global config

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where a session-level model selection persists after gateway restart and shadows subsequent global model or context-window changes. The work involves preventing stale session overrides from interfering with explicit global configuration.

## 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 #115818. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #115818 (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-115818`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #100314: Gateway restart can let a stale session model override shadow an explicit global 900K selection

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#115818: fix(gateway): a --global /model pick no longer leaves a stale session override that shadows later global changes after restart (#100314, salvage #99825)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/slash_commands_model.py`, `tests/gateway/test_model_command_reasoning_flag.py`, `tests/gateway/test_model_command_request_overrides.py`, `tests/gateway/test_model_picker_persist.py`, `website/docs/reference/slash-commands.md`, `website/i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/reference/slash-commands.md`
- **#99825: fix(gateway): stop stale session overrides shrinking 900K context**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `03d40f8939d0`, `#115818`, `#100314`, `#99825`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #115818 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-19`.