# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix routing blank installs to provider setup screen

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was identified where the desktop app was not routing users with no configured provider to the setup flow, instead showing a dead-end toast. These members address the matcher logic and routing correction for that case.

## 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 #128457. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #128457 (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-128457`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #119388: \[Bug\]: Desktop never routes a blank install to provider setup — the matcher misses what agent init actually says

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#128457: fix(desktop): route a session with no provider to setup, not a dead-end toast**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/agent_init.py`, `agent/auxiliary_unavailable.py`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/status.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/status.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/provider-setup-errors.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/provider-setup-errors.ts`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_provider_not_configured_code.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`
- **#119390: fix(desktop): route a session with no provider to setup, not a dead-end toast**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#128457`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #128457 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-30`.