# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop model switching and provider config issues

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern bugs where model switching fails due to broken or misconfigured providers in config.yaml, plus a feature to surface all available providers and models from the CLI in the desktop GUI menus.

## 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 #46796. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #46796 (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-46796`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #42241: \[Desktop\] Model switch fails when default provider in config.yaml lacks API key

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#46796: fix(desktop): let explicit model switches escape broken config providers (salvage #42971)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-model-controls.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-model-controls.ts`, `tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`
- **#42971: fix(desktop): let explicit model switches escape broken config providers (#42241)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `ed20f5ed0`, `#46796`, `#42241`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #46796 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-06-15`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`