# NousResearch/hermes-agent · CLI startup fallback missing reasoning config re-resolution

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where the CLI's startup provider fallback mechanism fails to re-resolve the reasoning configuration for the fallback model, instead applying the original model's reasoning settings.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #114799. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114799 (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-114799`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #113492: CLI startup provider fallback does not re-resolve reasoning config for the fallback model

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114799: fix(cli): startup auth fallback sends the fallback model its own reasoning effort (#113492, salvage #113497)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `cli.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_agent_setup_mixin.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_cli_first_run_setup.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_cli_provider_resolution.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/fallback-providers.md`
- **#113497: fix(cli): re-resolve reasoning config after fallback**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `4a15e049fd7a`, `#114799`, `#114799`, `#113492`, `#113497`, `#113492`
- **#113498: fix(cli): re-resolve reasoning config on startup provider fallback**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `4a15e049fd7a`, `#114799`, `#114799`, `#113492`, `#113497`, `#113492`
- **#113501: fix(cli): re-resolve reasoning_config when startup provider fallback switches models**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `4a15e049fd7a`, `#114799`, `#114799`, `#113492`, `#113497`, `#113492`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114799 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.