# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Handling model.name config key and model name forwarding

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Most members concern how the model.name config key is treated, with titles describing alias, honoring, or canonicalization to model.default. One member reports a model name not being forwarded to the API request for custom providers, which appears related but is described differently.

## 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 #54093. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #54093 (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-54093`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #34500: custom_providers: model name not forwarded to API request

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#54093: fix(config): canonicalize model.name/model.model to model.default (#34500)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `infographic/model-name-canon/infographic.png`, `tests/cli/test_cli_init.py`
- **#34502: fix(cli): treat model.name as alias for model.default**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#54093`
- **#34527: fix: honor model.name for configured providers**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#54093`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #54093 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-06-28`.
- Subsystem: `agent`