# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Avoid redundant model pricing fetch at startup

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

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.

## 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 #101686. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #101686 (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-101686`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #101012: \`estimate_usage_cost\` performs a blocking \`GET {base_url}/models\` on every process start, even for providers with a bundled price table

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#101686: perf(usage): prefer bundled pricing before the endpoint metadata fetch (salvage #101045)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/usage_pricing.py`, `tests/agent/test_usage_pricing.py`
- **#101045: perf(usage): avoid startup metadata fetch for bundled pricing**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#101686`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #101686 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-02`.