# NousResearch/hermes-agent · CLI startup alias base_url dropped or ignored

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes concern a bug where a custom base_url set via a model alias is lost during CLI startup, causing unintended fallback behavior. The fix involves merging the alias base_url into the explicit base_url field.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #107191: model_aliases: custom base_url dropped at CLI startup, falls back to OpenRouter (401)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#107203: fix(cli): merge startup alias base_url into explicit_base_url**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#103938`
- **#109231: fix(cli): merge startup alias base_url into _explicit_base_url (fixes #107191, #103933)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#103938`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.