# NousResearch/hermes-agent · CLI startup overrides explicit provider pin with prefix alias

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #125578: CLI: startup model-route reroutes an hf:-prefixed default model to provider 'huggingface', overriding the model.provider: custom:<name> pin (fresh CLI sessions fail auth; gateway unaffected)
- PR #125585: fix(cli): keep an explicit config provider pin over a prefix-alias model route
- PR #125594: fix(cli): keep an explicit custom-provider pin over an inferred vendor prefix at startup (#125578)

These items address a CLI bug where an hf:-prefixed model route causes startup logic to infer the 'huggingface' provider, silently overriding an explicitly configured custom provider pin. Fresh CLI sessions are affected while the gateway is not.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #125578: CLI: startup model-route reroutes an hf:-prefixed default model to provider 'huggingface', overriding the model.provider: custom:<name> pin (fresh CLI sessions fail auth; gateway unaffected)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#125585: fix(cli): keep an explicit config provider pin over a prefix-alias model route**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#125578`, `#125578`
  - files: `hermes_cli/cli_init_mixin.py`, `hermes_cli/model_switch.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_cli_init.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_startup_model_routing.py`
- **#125594: fix(cli): keep an explicit custom-provider pin over an inferred vendor prefix at startup (#125578)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/model_switch.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_startup_model_routing.py`

## Fix status

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