# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Configurable fallback chains for web search/extract backends

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #68524: feat(web): configurable fallback chain for web_extract

The members all request or propose an ordered, configurable list of backends for web search and/or web_extract, with automatic fallback to the next backend. One entry is labeled as a feat pull request, while the others read as feature requests; the titles alone don't indicate their status.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 3 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- 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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #32159: Support ordered failover chains for web search/extract backends
- #41893: \[Feature\]: web_search backend priority list with automatic fallback
- #68516: Feature Request: Configurable Fallback Chain for web_extract

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#68524: feat(web): configurable fallback chain for web_extract**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `7633ebc474`, `ce7d720afd`, `#36838`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/tools.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server.py`, `tests/tools/test_web_providers.py`, `tests/tools/test_web_tools_extract_fallback.py`, `tools/web_tools.py`, `tools/web_tools_extract.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/web-search.md`

## Fix status

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