# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop model picker name/tag formatting fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #124884: Desktop model picker: -flash variant-tag classification is inconsistent and the tag mechanism has structural issues
- PR #124894: fix(desktop): strip hyphenated date pins and let meta chips yield space before the model name
- PR #132053: fix(desktop): keep identity words in model names; collision-fallback chips

These items address how model names are parsed, displayed, and tagged in the desktop model picker, including identity word preservation, date-pin stripping, variant-tag classification, and chip layout behavior.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #124884: Desktop model picker: -flash variant-tag classification is inconsistent and the tag mechanism has structural issues

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#124894: fix(desktop): strip hyphenated date pins and let meta chips yield space before the model name**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#118083`, `#118083`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/model-catalog-menu.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/model-status-label.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/model-status-label.ts`
- **#132053: fix(desktop): keep identity words in model names; collision-fallback chips**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `3f14586274`, `cf4c144d1f`, `01f1965c0e`, `8b3b99fde6`, `9a01ebe721`, `3f14586274`, `#118083`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/model-catalog-menu.search-fold.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/model-catalog-menu.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/model-catalog-menu.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/model-edit-submenu.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/use-model-menu-controller.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/ui/tooltip.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/model-status-label.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/model-status-label.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/reasoning-effort.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/model-visibility.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/model-visibility.ts`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`