# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fallback provider extra_body not forwarded to requests

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #26460: \[Bug\]: OpenRouter fallback entry ignores fallback-local provider routing metadata
- PR #55892: fix(agent): forward fallback_providers\[\].extra_body into the active request path (#26460)

These issues and fixes concern a bug where extra_body metadata from fallback provider entries was not being passed through to the active request path during fallback activation. Multiple fix attempts address forwarding this field correctly.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #26460: \[Bug\]: OpenRouter fallback entry ignores fallback-local provider routing metadata

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#26483: fix(agent): forward fallback_providers\[\].extra_body during fallback activation (#26460)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#26492: fix(fallback): forward extra_body from fallback entries to request path**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#26483`, `#26460`
- **#26517: fix(agent): honor fallback provider extra body**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#55892`
- **#55892: fix(agent): forward fallback_providers\[\].extra_body into the active request path (#26460)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#26460`, `#26483`, `#26492`, `#26517`
  - files: `.mailmap`, `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`, `agent/chat_completion_helpers.py`, `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_26460_fallback_extra_body.py`

## Fix status

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