# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Named custom provider handling falls back to OpenRouter or loses config

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #34001: Named custom provider stale_timeout_seconds ignored because runtime provider is normalized to \`custom\`
- PR #34078: fix(timeouts): plumb requested_provider through gateway to resolve named custom provider timeouts (#34001)

Most members describe named or bare "custom" providers being normalized or misrouted, with reports of OpenRouter being used in TUI/Desktop sessions and a 401 on resume. Two also point to a related timeout-setting issue, and one is a PR that passes requested_provider through the gateway; the members do not establish whether any of this is fixed.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.21`: 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

- #34001: Named custom provider stale_timeout_seconds ignored because runtime provider is normalized to \`custom\`

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #46625: TUI session resume routes bare "custom" provider to openrouter causing 401
- #47714: Desktop/TUI sessions fall back to OpenRouter when using named custom provider
- #58688: Desktop Model selector routes custom provider models through OpenRouter instead of configured provider

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#34078: fix(timeouts): plumb requested_provider through gateway to resolve named custom provider timeouts (#34001)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/agent_init.py`, `agent/chat_completion_helpers.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `hermes_cli/timeouts.py`, `run_agent.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_timeouts.py`

## Fix status

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