# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Named custom provider identity lost in various surfaces

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #66329: Bug: Model picker groups selected model under "CUSTOM ENDPOINT" instead of correct named provider
- PR #66367: fix: model picker groups selected model under CUSTOM instead of correct provider (#66329)
- PR #66370: fix(cli): don't emit duplicate 'Custom endpoint' row for named custom…

Multiple fixes addressing a bug where named custom providers lose their identity and get grouped or displayed as generic 'Custom' or 'Custom Endpoint' across the model picker, config, CLI, desktop, and vision routing. The underlying issue involves provider names being stripped or not preserved through various code paths.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 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

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- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.29`: 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

- #66329: Bug: Model picker groups selected model under "CUSTOM ENDPOINT" instead of correct named provider

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #3114: CLI /model display omits named custom providers from custom_providers

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#3115: fix(display): show named custom_providers in /model CLI display**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `a2f46e466591cb8f4a97be59f8bd9a13bfbda2e9`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#66367: fix: model picker groups selected model under CUSTOM instead of correct provider (#66329)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `0f7746f3d3f7`, `#66329`, `#66370`, `#66367`, `#66374`, `#66367`, `#66367`, `#66370`, `#66367`, `#66370`, `#66374`, `#66367`, `#66370`, `#66329`, `#66367`, `#66370`, `#66374`, `#66370`, `#66367`, `#66370`, `#66374`, `#374151`, `#66329`, `#66367`, `#66370`
  - files: `hermes_cli/runtime_provider.py`
- **#66370: fix(cli): don't emit duplicate 'Custom endpoint' row for named custom…**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `6f0422390ad6`, `#66329`, `#66370`, `#66367`, `#66374`, `#66367`, `#66367`, `#66370`, `#66370`, `#66374`, `#66367`, `#66370`, `#66329`, `#66367`, `#66370`, `#66374`, `#66370`, `#66367`, `#66370`, `#66374`, `#374151`, `#66329`, `#66367`, `#66370`
  - files: `hermes_cli/model_switch.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_user_providers_model_switch.py`
- **#66374: fix(model): preserve provider name in config for providers: entries (#66329)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

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