# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Setup status stale after provider configuration

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where setup status continues to report no provider configured even after one is added, traced to a race condition and caching issue in the setup status check logic.

## 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 #114919. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114919 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #108768: setup.status permanently reports provider_configured: false for custom providers due to free_tier_bootstrap race condition

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114919: fix(setup): dashboard chat leaves 'Setup Required' once a provider is configured, no restart (#114697, salvage #114708)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/free_tier_bootstrap.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server_config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_resolve_provider_custom_endpoint.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_complete.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_config.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_config_set.py`, `ui-tui/src/content/setup.ts`
- **#108773: fix(gateway): re-check provider config when setup.status's cached record says false**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `b9629c298ef5`, `#114919`, `#114697`, `#114708`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114919 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.