# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Updating default Gemini model version references

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items all involve changing hardcoded or default Gemini model identifiers, with references to versions such as gemini-2.5-flash, gemini-3-flash-preview, and gemini-3.6-flash being replaced or corrected. The specific target version varies across members, suggesting ongoing churn around which model string should be the default.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #73570. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #73570 (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-73570`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #32360: fix: update default Gemini model from gemini-2.5-flash to gemini-3.5-flash (shutdown Oct 16 2026)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#73570: fix(gemini): sweep hardcoded Gemini defaults to gemini-3.6-flash (fixes #32360)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `agent/gemini_native_adapter.py`, `hermes_cli/setup.py`, `plugins/memory/hindsight/__init__.py`, `plugins/model-providers/kilocode/__init__.py`, `plugins/model-providers/openrouter/__init__.py`, `plugins/model-providers/vertex/__init__.py`, `tests/agent/test_auxiliary_client.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_provider_parity.py`
- **#32372: fix(defaults): replace gemini-3-flash-preview and gemini-2.5-flash with gemini-3.5-flash**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#34581`, `#37046`, `#37606`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #73570 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-29`.
- Subsystem: `agent`