# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix model_overrides matching for custom: providers

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #102425: Bug: \`model_overrides\` never match for custom providers — capability lookup doesn't strip the \`custom:\` prefix
- PR #102428: fix(models_dev): resolve model_overrides for custom: provider ids

A bug where model_overrides never matched custom providers because the 'custom:' prefix was not stripped during capability lookup. The fix resolves this by stripping the prefix before matching.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #102425: Bug: \`model_overrides\` never match for custom providers — capability lookup doesn't strip the \`custom:\` prefix

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#102428: fix(models_dev): resolve model_overrides for custom: provider ids**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/models_dev.py`, `tests/agent/test_models_dev.py`
- **#102556: fix(config): match model_overrides for custom providers by stripping custom: prefix**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#102428`, `#102425`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`