# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Hermetic model picker tests isolating live Ollama discovery

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address test isolation problems where live localhost Ollama model discovery leaks into custom provider and model picker test fixtures. Work includes making picker tests hermetic and adding provider-level controls to support that isolation.

## 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 #67971. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #67971 (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-67971`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #30604: Model picker tests leak live localhost Ollama models into custom provider fixtures

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#67971: feat(providers): picker hermeticity + excluded_providers + enabled:false flag (salvages #30692, #67751, #37339)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `gateway/slash_commands.py`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `hermes_cli/doctor.py`, `hermes_cli/inventory.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/model_switch.py`, `hermes_cli/runtime_provider.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_list_picker_providers.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_model_picker_excluded_providers.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_model_switch_custom_providers.py`, `website/docs/reference/model-catalog.md`
- **#30692: test(cli): isolate model picker Ollama probes (Fixes #30604)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#67971`, `#62421`, `#67921`, `#30604`
- **#30729: test(model-switch): make custom provider picker tests hermetic**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#30692`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #67971 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-20`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`