# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Anthropic provider ignores configured base URL

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Reports and fixes that the Anthropic provider hardcodes its base URL, ignoring the model.base_url setting in config.yaml. Includes a bug report and two fix submissions addressing this behavior.

## 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 #1998. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #1998 (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-1998`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #1948: Anthropic provider ignores config.yaml model.base_url — base URL hardcoded after #1675

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#1998: fix: respect config.yaml model.base_url for Anthropic provider**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `hermes_cli/runtime_provider.py`
- **#1949: fix: respect config.yaml model.base_url for Anthropic provider**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#1998`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #1998 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-03-18`. This confirmation is old and may be out of date (a revert/reopen would not have invalidated it here); re-verify.
- Subsystem: `agent`