# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Model picker ignores or drops configured provider

## Open now

- 0 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #45896: fix(cli): honor requested provider in /model picker
- PR #50216: fix(bedrock): picker shows Bedrock after switching away when using IAM role auth

These issues and PRs address bugs where the model/provider picker fails to honor the configured or requested provider, particularly affecting Bedrock when other providers' API keys are present or when switching between providers.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #45838: Bug: Bedrock disappears from model selector when other provider API keys are present in env

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#45896: fix(cli): honor requested provider in /model picker**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `cli.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_model_picker_requested_provider.py`
- **#45943: fix(cli): respect config provider in model picker (#45838)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#50216: fix(bedrock): picker shows Bedrock after switching away when using IAM role auth**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#45838`, `#45896`, `#45943`, `#49380`
  - files: `hermes_cli/model_switch.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_bedrock_model_picker.py`

## Fix status

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