# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Model-switch validator rejecting the configured model.default

## Open now

- 1 issue, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- #138261: \[Bug\]: A model named by model.default is rejected by the model-switch validator — _config_declares_model() never consults model.default
- PR #138267: fix(model-switch): accept configured default models
- PR #138276: fix(cli): accept a model named by model.default in the switch validator
- PR #138285: fix(model-switch): accept the configured default model for its provider

One bug report says the model-switch validator rejects a model named by model.default because _config_declares_model() does not consult that setting. Three pull requests have similar titles and appear to propose accepting the configured default model, but their contents and status are not shown.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #138261: \[Bug\]: A model named by model.default is rejected by the model-switch validator — _config_declares_model() never consults model.default

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#138267: fix(model-switch): accept configured default models**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `80f282e9bf499e56a4deeda318cf99d8173b9712`
  - files: `hermes_cli/model_switch.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_user_providers_model_switch.py`
- **#138276: fix(cli): accept a model named by model.default in the switch validator**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `cfddec8158`
  - files: `hermes_cli/model_switch.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_model_switch_configured_default.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_model_switch_default_declared.py`
- **#138285: fix(model-switch): accept the configured default model for its provider**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#138276`
  - files: `hermes_cli/model_switch.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_model_switch_default_declaration.py`

## Fix status

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