# NousResearch/hermes-agent · OpenAI-compatible image generation backend support

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #18793: image_gen openai plugin: API_MODEL hardcoded, breaks third-party OpenAI-compatible backends

These issues and pull requests concern adding configurable, pluggable image generation providers compatible with OpenAI's API, including fixes for hardcoded model and base URL settings that break third-party backends.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 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 #115803. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #115803 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #18793: image_gen openai plugin: API_MODEL hardcoded, breaks third-party OpenAI-compatible backends

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#115803: feat(image_gen): OpenAI image provider honours image_gen.openai.base_url/key_env, no project-header 403, no macOS system-proxy detour (#65309, #97928, #13798, #60748, #64888, salvage #65312 #64893 #60749)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/video_gen_provider.py`, `plugins/image_gen/_common.py`, `plugins/image_gen/openai/__init__.py`, `tests/plugins/image_gen/test_openai_provider.py`, `tests/plugins/video_gen/test_deepinfra_provider.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/image-generation.md`
- **#18796: fix(plugins): support OPENAI_IMAGE_API_MODEL env var + base_url config for third-party backends**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `e113c1b3aff3`, `#115803`, `#65309`, `#97928`, `#13798`, `#60748`, `#64888`, `#65312`, `#64893`, `#60749`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #115803 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-19`.
- Subsystem: `agent`