# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Disclose remote fallback routing in local setup

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #109634: \[Bug\]: Local-setup card promises "Nothing leaves this computer" — fallback sends the turn to a remote provider, and the switch notice is dropped on desktop
- PR #109657: fix(desktop): disclose local fallback routing and deliver switch notices

A bug was identified where the local setup card misleadingly implies all processing stays on-device, but fallback routing sends data to a remote provider without notifying the user. Related fixes address disclosure of this fallback behavior and delivery of switch notices on desktop.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `1.00`: 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

- #109634: \[Bug\]: Local-setup card promises "Nothing leaves this computer" — fallback sends the turn to a remote provider, and the switch notice is dropped on desktop

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#109638: fix(desktop): disclose local fallback routing**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#109634`, `#109657`, `#109638`
- **#109657: fix(desktop): disclose local fallback routing and deliver switch notices**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#109638`, `#109634`
  - files: `agent/status_output.py`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/status.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/timeline-events.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/local-models-settings.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/local-models-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/tips/local-setup-offer.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/agent-notices.test.ts`, `tests/run_agent/test_retry_status_buffer.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`