# NousResearch/hermes-agent · OpenRouter models config ignored by model picker

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #121903: \`providers.openrouter.models\` is ignored by the model picker (works for every other built-in provider)
- PR #121909: fix(model-picker): keep providers.openrouter.models in the OpenRouter row
- PR #121917: fix(cli): keep a declared providers.openrouter.models list in the picker after the live refresh

A bug where \`providers.openrouter.models\` configuration was being dropped or ignored by the model picker, unlike other built-in providers. Multiple fixes address retaining the declared model list after live refresh in both CLI and model-picker contexts.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #121903: \`providers.openrouter.models\` is ignored by the model picker (works for every other built-in provider)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121908: fix(cli): keep configured OpenRouter models in the picker**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#121909: fix(model-picker): keep providers.openrouter.models in the OpenRouter row**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/model_switch_providers.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_list_picker_providers.py`
- **#121917: fix(cli): keep a declared providers.openrouter.models list in the picker after the live refresh**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/model_switch_providers.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_list_picker_providers.py`

## Fix status

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