# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix local provider alias routing to correct base_url

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where named local-server aliases in provider configuration lose their base_url and incorrectly route requests to a remote provider. The changes ensure local fallback and auxiliary client resolution respects the configured endpoint.

## 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 #116688. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116688 (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-116688`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #115990: Fallback entry referencing a named provider from \`providers:\` loses its base_url and routes a local model to Gemini (HTTP 404)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116688: fix(auxiliary): a providers: entry named like a local-server alias (llamacpp) resolves aux clients to its base_url (#115990, salvage #116003)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `tests/agent/test_auxiliary_named_custom_providers.py`
- **#116003: fix(provider): keep named local fallbacks on their configured endpoint**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `314586b0889b`, `#116688`, `#115990`, `#116003`
- **#116005: fix(agent): let a local-server alias name reach its named providers entry**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `314586b0889b`, `#116688`, `#115990`, `#116003`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116688 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.