# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Tuning-only provider blocks hijacking default model routing

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #118153: providers.<vendor> tuning-only block hijacks provider/model default at startup (CLI/TUI → HTTP 400 → sticky fallback)

These items address a bug where provider blocks intended only for tuning incorrectly override the default provider/model selection at startup, causing routing errors. The fix restricts which provider blocks are eligible to win the startup provider and model parse.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #118153: providers.<vendor> tuning-only block hijacks provider/model default at startup (CLI/TUI → HTTP 400 → sticky fallback)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#118179: fix(model_switch): tuning-only providers block must not hijack vendor-prefixed default**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#118160`
- **#121496: fix(cli): only routing-field provider blocks win the startup provider/model parse**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

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