# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Filter reasoning-effort options to model-supported levels

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #114029: \[Feature\]: Filter the reasoning-effort picker to the levels the active model actually supports
- PR #114033: fix(model): filter unsupported reasoning efforts
- PR #125810: feat(desktop): filter reasoning-effort pickers to the route vocabulary

These items address filtering the reasoning-effort picker so that only the effort levels actually supported by the active model or route are shown. The work spans feature requests and fixes across model and desktop layers.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #114029: \[Feature\]: Filter the reasoning-effort picker to the levels the active model actually supports

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114033: fix(model): filter unsupported reasoning efforts**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `0ef7806f8ddb808a9d641dace3cb3e137e11dae6`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/model-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/model-catalog-menu.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/model-edit-submenu.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/model-edit-submenu.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/reasoning-menu-panel.tsx`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.generated.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.openrpc.json`, `hermes_cli/inventory.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_inventory.py`, `tui_gateway/contracts/config_free_tier_control.py`, `ui-tui/src/__tests__/modelPickerReasoning.test.ts`, `ui-tui/src/components/modelPicker.tsx`, `web/src/components/ReasoningPicker.test.ts`, `web/src/components/ReasoningPicker.tsx`
- **#125810: feat(desktop): filter reasoning-effort pickers to the route vocabulary**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `308fab21577a0f866a504f983c0053dda85f6727`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/model-pill.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/reasoning-pill.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/session-tile.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/session-view.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/session-info.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/utils.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/utils.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-state-cache.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/model-settings.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/model-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/model-catalog-menu.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/model-edit-submenu.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/model-edit-submenu.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/reasoning-menu-panel.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/use-model-menu-controller.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/catalog-install-tool.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/connector-tool.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/mcp-setup-tool.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/message-parts-connectors.test.tsx` (+18 more)

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`