# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Settings-only provider block breaks built-in model validation

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where a settings-only \`providers.<slug>\` config block incorrectly routes built-in providers like openai-codex to the custom-endpoint validation path, causing model resolution to fail. The related members are fixes attempting to preserve built-in routing and validation for such blocks.

## 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 #128470. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #128470 (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-128470`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #120020: \[Bug\]: A settings-only \`providers.<slug>\` block routes openai-codex model validation to the custom-endpoint branch and rejects the model (desktop onboarding: "Connected, but Hermes still cannot resolve a usable provider")

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#128470: fix(providers): keep built-in routing and validation for settings-only provider blocks**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/model_switch.py`, `hermes_cli/providers.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_settings_only_provider_block_validation.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_user_provider_timeout_only_entry.py`
- **#120038: fix(config): keep built-in model validation for settings-only provider blocks**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#110460`
- **#121171: fix(config): keep built-in model validation for settings-only provider blocks**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#128470`, `#120020`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #128470 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-30`.