# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Auxiliary auto-routing picks stale or wrong model

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A cluster of bugs and patches around auxiliary task model resolution in 'auto' mode, where the selected model is incorrectly overwritten by a stale persisted config, a preset name, or the main model from a mismatched provider. Multiple patches attempt to preserve the live runtime-selected model through various code paths.

## TL;DR

- 11 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 4 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 6 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.16`: 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

- #44746: auxiliary auto can pair live runtime provider with stale main model
- #51278: \[Bug\]: Title Generation sends main model name to fallback provider's endpoint
- #52148: \[Bug\]: resolve_provider_client(auto) can reapply stale main model after fallback selection
- #58639: MoA auxiliary tasks (provider: auto) send preset name as model ID → HTTP 400

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#44758: fix(auxiliary): skip stale main model fallback for auto provider**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `948993cd62e93a0aa51074c880fb76e7a8e3d673`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#51284: fix(auxiliary): prefer resolved model over main-model prefill in auto mode (#51278)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `948993cd62e93a0aa51074c880fb76e7a8e3d673`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#53827: fix(moa): resolve auxiliary tasks to the aggregator, not the preset name**. merged to main · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#58665: fix(agent): prefer _resolve_auto() result over pre-filled model in auxiliary auto branch**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#44784: fix(agent): prefer auto-resolved model over stale config in auxiliary auto (#44746)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#44758`
- **#45082: fix(provider): auxiliary auto can pair live runtime provider with stale main model (#44746)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#44758`, `#44746`
- **#58651: fix(agent): keep resolved MoA auto auxiliary model**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `948993cd62e93a0aa51074c880fb76e7a8e3d673`, `#58639`

## Fix status

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