NousResearch/hermes-agent

Avoid redundant model pricing fetch at startup

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #101686 on 2 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These issues and PRs concern a performance problem where estimate_usage_cost makes a blocking HTTP request to fetch model metadata on every process start, even when pricing data is already bundled locally. The proposed fix is to prefer bundled pricing tables before falling back to the remote endpoint.

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  • #101686 perf(usage): prefer bundled pricing before the endpoint metadata fetch (salvage #101045)

    merged to main

    files: agent/usage_pricing.py, tests/agent/test_usage_pricing.py

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1

  • #101045 perf(usage): avoid startup metadata fetch for bundled pricing · merged via another change → #101686
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#101012`estimate_usage_cost` performs a blocking `GET {base_url}/models` on every process start, even for providers with a bundled price table
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#101686
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1 PR closed without merging
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2 Sep 2026

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