# NousResearch/hermes-agent · CLI config wiring bugs for aliases and providers

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address bugs in how CLI and doctor tooling handle nested alias configurations, custom provider entries, and base_url settings when wiring up local or custom server profiles. The members share a theme of configuration fields being dropped, misnamed, or ignored during setup.

## 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 #114965. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114965 (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-114965`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #114471: Second local server: alias base_url ignored, plus settings/config gaps found wiring it

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114965: fix(doctor): name a non-list custom_providers and legacy entries with no providers: twin; Providers pages show the edited profile (#114471)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/custom-endpoints-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/local-models-settings.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/local-models-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/profile-scope.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/profile-scope.tsx`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `hermes_cli/doctor_config.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/config_env.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_config_validation.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_doctor.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server.py`, `website/docs/reference/cli-commands.md`
- **#114472: fix(cli): keep api_key/key_env on nested model.aliases dict entries**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#109834`, `#112788`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114965 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.