# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Log swallowed exceptions in local model auto-detection

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where exceptions during local/runtime model auto-detection were silently swallowed, and add debug-level logging to surface those failures.

## 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 #26243. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #26243 (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-26243`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #2747: \[Bug\]: Swallowed exception hides local model auto-detection failures

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#16565: fix(runtime_provider): log local model auto-detect failures at debug level**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#26243: fix(cli): log swallowed exception in runtime model auto-detection**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/runtime_provider.py`, `scripts/release.py`
- **#2754: fix(cli): log swallowed exception in runtime model auto-detection**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#26243`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #26243 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-05-15`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`