# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix persisted session losing custom provider identity

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #117710: api_server: POST /api/sessions/{id}/chat works once per session on a custom: provider — persisted session model drops the provider, second turn 500s
- PR #117776: fix(api-server): preserve named provider for persisted sessions
- PR #117819: fix(api-server): restore custom provider identity for persisted sessions (#117710)

These items address a bug where the custom provider is dropped from persisted sessions, causing subsequent chat turns to fail. The fixes restore the named provider when loading stored sessions.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #117710: api_server: POST /api/sessions/{id}/chat works once per session on a custom: provider — persisted session model drops the provider, second turn 500s

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117773: fix(api-server): restore custom provider for stored sessions (#117710)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#117776: fix(api-server): preserve named provider for persisted sessions**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/api_server.py`, `tests/gateway/test_api_server.py`
- **#117819: fix(api-server): restore custom provider identity for persisted sessions (#117710)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`
  - files: `acp_adapter/session.py`, `gateway/platforms/api_server.py`, `gateway/run_agent_cache.py`, `hermes_cli/runtime_provider_custom.py`, `tests/acp_adapter/test_session.py`, `tests/gateway/test_agent_cache.py`, `tests/gateway/test_api_server.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_canonical_custom_identity.py`

## Fix status

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