# NousResearch/hermes-agent · ModelPicker filter crashes on non-string model entries

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #23231: Bug: ModelPickerDialog crashes with "re.toLowerCase is not a function" when typing in filter
- PR #23277: fix(web): tolerate non-string model picker entries

A bug where the ModelPicker/ModelPickerDialog filter throws 'toLowerCase is not a function' when model entries are non-string or nullish. Multiple fixes guard against this condition across dashboard and web components.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #23231: Bug: ModelPickerDialog crashes with "re.toLowerCase is not a function" when typing in filter

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#23261: fix(web): guard ModelPicker filter against non-string model entries (#23231)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#23277: fix(web): tolerate non-string model picker entries**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `7527e7aeac1743de948d41d963af52334ba57184`
  - files: `web/src/components/ModelPickerDialog.tsx`
- **#23338: fix(dashboard): guard ModelPickerDialog filter toLowerCase against nullish model names**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#23261`, `#23231`

## Fix status

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