# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Custom provider model discovery toggle support

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests concern adding support for a discover_models flag in custom provider configurations, allowing users to disable live model discovery and use a static whitelist in the model picker instead.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 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 #40093. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #40093 (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: `partially_resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-40093`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.34`: 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

- #18726: feat: use provider models config as whitelist in /model picker for custom providers
- #25810: Custom provider /model picker should allow disabling live model discovery

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#25811: Allow custom providers to skip live model discovery**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#40093: feat(model): honor discover_models in terminal hermes model named-custom flow (closes #18726)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_custom_provider_model_switch.py`
- **#34559: fix(switcher): respect discover_models:false in custom_providers section**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#29810`, `#29810`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #40093 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-06-05`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`