# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Custom and extended model selection in Desktop

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #55810: \[Feature\]: OpenRouter model selection in the desktop app

These issues and PRs concern allowing users to type or add custom model names per provider, surfacing all available models from registered providers, and improving model picker behavior in the Desktop app. The work spans both OpenRouter support and general custom/non-curated model handling across settings and composer interfaces.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 1 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 #120693. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #120693 (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: `partially_resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-120693`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.44`: 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

- #55810: \[Feature\]: OpenRouter model selection in the desktop app

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #41431: \[Feature\]: Allow typing custom model names per registered provider in Desktop

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120693: feat(desktop): add a model by slug from every model picker**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/fallback-models-field.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/model-select.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/model-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/with-active.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/model-catalog-menu.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/model-menu-panel.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/model-picker.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/model-visibility-dialog.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/ui/select.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ru.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/custom-models.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/custom-models.ts`
- **#41487: feat(#41431): allow typing custom model names per registered provider in Desktop**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#120693`
- **#41560: feat(desktop): allow adding custom model names per registered provider**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#120693`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #120693 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-23`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`