# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Non-vision model image stripping fixes across paths

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Multiple fixes addressing a bug where image content was not being stripped or replaced before sending to non-vision models, affecting several code paths including provider profile and API server chat completions endpoints.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 4 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #23733: Bug: image routing bypassed on api_server /v1/chat/completions — non-vision models receive raw image_url (400)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#23743: fix(api-server): apply non-vision image fallback**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `563b4d9e51a46cc421e327b351cb7efe1ccb151b`, `#23733`
- **#23750: fix(agent): strip image parts for non-vision models on provider profile path**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#23743`, `#23733`
- **#23818: fix(agent): call _prepare_messages_for_non_vision_model on chat_completions profile path**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#23743`, `#23750`
- **#23904: fix: prepare messages for non-vision model in provider profile code path (#23733)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#23743`, `#23905`, `#23903`

## Fix status

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