# NousResearch/hermes-agent · OpenRouter provider sort validation fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a bug where cron jobs and requests fail due to invalid provider sort values sent to OpenRouter, with fixes adding validation before dispatch.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 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 #53608. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #53608 (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-53608`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #20586: \[Bug\]: cron jobs fail with provider.sort: Invalid input after v0.11.0

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#53608: fix(agent): validate OpenRouter provider.sort before request dispatch (#20586)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/chat_completion_helpers.py`, `cron/scheduler.py`, `tests/agent/test_chat_completion_helpers_provider_sort.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_run_agent.py`
- **#20597: fix(agent): validate provider_routing.sort before sending to OpenRout…**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#36947: fix(agent): validate OpenRouter provider sort before request dispatch**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `1b6ebb24c`, `#53608`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #53608 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-06-27`.
- Subsystem: `agent`