# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Keep exhausted/rate-limited providers visible in model picker

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where providers with exhausted credential pools or rate limits were being hidden from the main model picker UI. The work ensures such providers remain visible consistently across all picker contexts.

## 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 #131989. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #131989 (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-131989`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #103829: Main model picker hides provider row when credential pool is exhausted (aux pickers already fixed in #66624)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#131989: fix(picker): a rate-limited provider stays in every model picker**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/cli_model_switch_mixin.py`, `hermes_cli/inventory.py`, `hermes_cli/model_switch_providers.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_model_options_rate_limited_pool.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_picker_probe_budget_decoupling.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_show_model_picker_exhausted_pool.py`
- **#103843: fix(cli): keep exhausted-pool providers visible in the main /model picker**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #131989 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-05`.