# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fallback provider config and runtime fix bugs

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #24092: \[Bug\]: fallback_providers with provider: custom + explicit base_url falls back to OpenRouter when main model.provider is a named provider
- PR #24113: fix(cli): preserve custom fallback runtime overrides

These issues and fixes address bugs in fallback provider resolution, including incorrect base_url and api_key_env propagation, custom provider handling, and related runtime/CLI override persistence issues. The members share a theme of provider configuration correctness but span several distinct sub-problems.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Open related issues

- #24092: \[Bug\]: fallback_providers with provider: custom + explicit base_url falls back to OpenRouter when main model.provider is a named provider

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#5269: fix: Ollama Cloud auth, /model switch persistence, and alias tab completion**. merged to main · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#2587: fix(fallback): pass base_url and api_key_env to resolve_provider_client**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#26221`
- **#24113: fix(cli): preserve custom fallback runtime overrides**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/cli_agent_setup_mixin.py`, `tests/cli/test_cli_provider_resolution.py`
- **#28159: fix: wrap _pool_may_recover_from_rate_limit call through run_agent namespace**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `25e0f4d465c376ff0510f32a4ae8ef6acfa53a22`, `#28345`

## Fix status

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