# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Channel overrides model evicts cached gateway agent

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where specifying a channel_overrides model causes the cached gateway agent to be evicted after every turn. Related fixes and the original bug report are grouped here.

## 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 #133948. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #133948 (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-133948`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #131294: \[Bug\]: A channel_overrides model evicts the cached gateway agent after every turn

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#133948: fix(gateway): a channel_overrides model no longer evicts the cached agent after every turn**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/run_agent_cache.py`, `gateway/run_turn.py`, `tests/gateway/test_internal_event_pin_wiring.py`, `tests/gateway/test_model_switch_persistence.py`
- **#131295: fix(gateway): a channel_overrides model no longer evicts the cached agent after every turn**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `0dbaf33f67a`, `1df1f134175`, `b23877a5ec7`, `e72180bc7a0`, `#133948`
- **#132238: fix(gateway): keep channel_overrides model cached (fixes #131294)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `0dbaf33f67a`, `#133948`, `#131295`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #133948 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-06`.