# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Custom provider config parsing fixes and hardening

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #19857: fix: custom_providers models list-of-dicts and id field not recognized — context_length always falls back to 256K
- PR #19945: fix: harden voice key and custom provider parsing
- PR #31103: fix(config): recognize id field and list-of-dicts models in custom_providers

These items address bugs in how custom provider configurations are parsed, specifically around recognizing the 'id' field and list-of-dicts model formats, which caused context length to fall back to a default. Related hardening for voice key and custom provider parsing is also included.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #19857: fix: custom_providers models list-of-dicts and id field not recognized — context_length always falls back to 256K

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#19945: fix: harden voice key and custom provider parsing**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `cli.py`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `tests/cli/test_voice_record_key_config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_custom_provider_context_length.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_provider_config_validation.py`
- **#31103: fix(config): recognize id field and list-of-dicts models in custom_providers**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `fc18d15f4`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_provider_config_validation.py`

## Fix status

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