# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Auxiliary routes bypassing native provider client creation

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a bug where auxiliary model routes using api_key plugins bypass ProviderProfile.create_client() and incorrectly default to an OpenAI client. The work focuses on ensuring native provider client creation is honored for auxiliary routes.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #112656. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #112656 (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-112656`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #112384: \[Bug\]: Auxiliary models bypass native provider create_client() and force OpenAI for api_key plugins

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#112656: fix(agent): auxiliary api_key routes honor ProviderProfile.create_client() (#112384, salvage #112388)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `tests/agent/test_auxiliary_provider_supplied_client.py`
- **#112385: fix(agent): honor native auxiliary provider clients**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#112384`, `#112388`, `#112656`
- **#112388: fix(agent): honor ProviderProfile.create_client() for api_key auxiliary routes**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#112656`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #112656 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-16`.