# NousResearch/hermes-agent · New bot missing model block seeding bug fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug caused new bots created without a clone source to lack a model configuration block because the seeding step was skipped when config.yaml already existed. Fixes address model block seeding and provider gateway inheritance for fresh bots.

## 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 #113423. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113423 (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: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #101885: \[Bug\] New bot created without a clone source has no model block — _seed_model_config skipped when config.yaml already exists

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113423: fix(bot-mode): a fresh New Bot inherits its custom provider gateway with the model, so it can run (#101885, #94071)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/e2e/new-bot-config-on-disk.spec.ts`, `hermes_cli/profiles.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_profiles.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_profiles_inherit_launch_model.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_profiles.py`
- **#102025: fix(profiles): seed model block even when config.yaml already exists (#101885)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `d5ff004af74e`, `#113423`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113423 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-17`.