# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram model picker drops mixed-case provider slugs

## Open now

- 2 issues, 4 PRs open on GitHub.
- #35932: Telegram /model picker silently drops user-defined providers with mixed-case slugs
- #37268: Telegram /model picker silently drops custom providers with mixed-case slugs
- PR #35933: fix: normalize provider slug case in Telegram model picker keyboard
- PR #35953: fix: preserve mixed-case providers in Telegram model picker
- PR #37282: fix(telegram): use case-insensitive slug lookup in model picker
- PR #138775: fix(telegram): normalize slug case in _build_provider_keyboard (active plugin path)

These issues and fixes address a bug where the Telegram /model picker silently omits user-defined providers whose slugs contain mixed-case characters, due to case-sensitive slug lookup logic. The fixes apply case normalization to ensure such providers are included correctly.

## TL;DR

- 7 member(s): 2 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 4 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.30`: 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

- #35932: Telegram /model picker silently drops user-defined providers with mixed-case slugs
- #37268: Telegram /model picker silently drops custom providers with mixed-case slugs

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#35933: fix: normalize provider slug case in Telegram model picker keyboard**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `5600105478ffde29d7566b45421b100eaa29c4ef`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/telegram.py`
- **#35953: fix: preserve mixed-case providers in Telegram model picker**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/telegram.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_model_picker.py`
- **#37282: fix(telegram): use case-insensitive slug lookup in model picker**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#35932`, `#37268`, `#37282`, `#37268`, `#37282`, `#37282`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/telegram.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_model_picker_case.py`
- **#71920: fix(telegram): normalize provider slug case in /model picker keyboard (#35932)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#35932`, `#35933`
- **#138775: fix(telegram): normalize slug case in _build_provider_keyboard (active plugin path)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#35933`, `#35953`, `#37282`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py`, `tests/plugins/platforms/telegram/test_model_picker_case_mismatch.py`

## Fix status

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