# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Local model validation fix for Desktop Use button

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the Desktop 'Use' button rejected downloaded community models with a 400 error, and related fixes to validation logic so local models pass provider listing checks and receive proper attribution.

## 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 #116847. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116847 (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-116847`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #115237: \[Bug\]: Desktop "Use" button cannot activate downloaded community models — 400 "not found in this provider's model listing"

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116847: fix(models): downloaded local models pass the Desktop Use button and composer picker validation (#115237, salvage #115260)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/models_validate.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/local_models.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_local_models_activate_rescan.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_model_validation_managed_local.py`
- **#115260: fix(models): credit the managed local-models library in /model validation**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `a6deb961ea18`, `#116847`, `#115237`, `#115260`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116847 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.