# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Compression config: custom provider/base_url support

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items add support for specifying custom provider endpoints or base URLs for compression/summary tasks, and move related configuration toward YAML-based settings.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #1727. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #1727 (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-1727`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #1591: Add support for multiple providers or base_url config in compression

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#1727: feat(compression): add summary_base_url + move compression config to YAML-only**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `cli.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `run_agent.py`, `tests/agent/test_auxiliary_client.py`, `tests/test_auxiliary_config_bridge.py`, `tests/tools/test_docker_environment.py`, `tools/environments/docker.py`, `website/docs/reference/environment-variables.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/fallback-providers.md`
- **#1702: feat(compression): add summary_base_url for custom provider endpoints**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#1727`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #1727 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-03-17`. This confirmation is old and may be out of date (a revert/reopen would not have invalidated it here); re-verify.
- Subsystem: `agent`