# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Sub-agent/delegation model configuration not being respected

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

The members largely concern delegated sub-agents not honoring configured model selection, with one bug report and several pull requests referencing the same issue (#12440). One PR also proposes per-task model/provider overrides and mentions additional delegation fixes, which go slightly beyond the core config theme.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #12440: \[BUG\] Sub-agent model configuration is ignored, causing persistent context window errors

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#12503: fix(delegate): respect model selection for sub-agents (fixes #12440)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `9423fda5cb573ef6b1a7876fc01157433eb7d785`
- **#18649: fix(delegation): respect delegation.model config for subagents (fixes #12440)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `9423fda5cb573ef6b1a7876fc01157433eb7d785`
- **#35033: feat(delegate): per-task model/provider overrides (+ fix two latent delegation bugs)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#14974`, `#25530`, `#23649`, `#17756`

## Fix status

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