# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Custom provider config not recognized as configured

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where custom or aliased providers configured in config.yaml were incorrectly treated as unconfigured, causing 'Setup Required' warnings in the TUI, web dashboard, and CLI. Multiple fixes address provider detection during bootstrap and configuration counting.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #107918: \[Bug\]: Web Dashboard TUI shows "Setup Required" despite valid custom provider configured

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#107922: fix(cli): count config.yaml custom model pin as provider_configured**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `2c5bfa2559`, `#107975`
- **#107975: fix(auth): a config.yaml custom/alias provider pin no longer reports "Setup Required" (#107918, salvage #107922)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `271515b18c`, `#108383`, `#107918`, `#107922`
- **#109072: fix(tui): Web Dashboard recognizes custom providers during bootstrap (fixes #107918)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `271515b18c`, `#107918`, `#108383`, `#107922`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.