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Parallel.ai backend opt-in controversy and fixes

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #46350. Check it covers your case.

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A feature added Parallel.ai as a web search/extract backend, but subsequent issues and fixes addressed that it was routing traffic to Parallel.ai without explicit user consent. Multiple fixes and a revert were made to require explicit opt-in.

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  • #46350 revert(web): remove keyless Parallel search fallback

    merged to main

    files: agent/display.py, hermes_cli/tools_config.py, plugins/web/parallel/provider.py, pyproject.toml, tests/agent/test_display.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_tools_config.py, tests/plugins/web/test_parallel_keyless_mcp.py, tests/plugins/web/test_web_search_provider_plugins.py, tests/tools/test_web_keyless_default_fallback.py, tests/tools/test_web_providers.py, tests/tools/test_web_providers_ddgs.py, tests/tools/test_web_providers_searxng.py, tests/tools/test_web_tools_config.py, tools/lazy_deps.py, tools/web_tools.py

3 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: closed without comment 2 · superseded by another PR 1

  • #45074 fix: web_search/web_extract silently routes to Parallel.ai without user opt-in (#45058) · closed without comment
  • #45093 fix(mcp): web_search/web_extract silently routes to Parallel.ai without user opt-in (#45058) · closed without comment
  • #45373 fix(web): require explicit Parallel backend selection · superseded by another PR → #46350
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#45058web_search/web_extract silently routes to Parallel.ai without user opt-in
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14 Jun 2026

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