# NousResearch/hermes-agent · OpenAI auxiliary provider routing and fallback fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where the 'openai' auxiliary provider alias resolves inconsistently across auxiliary paths, with background_review silently falling back to the main model. The work covers identifying dead review routes, fixing the alias resolution, and elevating silent fallback behavior to a visible log.

## 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 #116346. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116346 (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-116346`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #116055: \[Bug\]: auxiliary provider "openai" resolves differently on the two aux paths — background_review silently falls back to the main model

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116346: auxiliary provider "openai" routes identically on every aux path; dead review routes are reported (#116055, salvage #116083)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `agent/background_review.py`, `agent/curator.py`, `agent/moa_loop.py`, `hermes_cli/doctor_config.py`, `hermes_cli/runtime_provider.py`, `hermes_cli/runtime_provider_custom.py`, `tests/agent/test_aux_session_endpoint_affinity.py`, `tests/agent/test_background_review_cost_controls.py`, `tests/agent/test_multiplex_base_url_scope.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_doctor.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_runtime_provider_resolution.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`
- **#116083: fix(cli): resolve auxiliary openai provider alias and elevate fallback log**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `8e0828a39c`, `#116346`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116346 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-19`.