# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Provider prefix handling in model context length lookup

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #47782: \[Bug\]: get_model_context_length returns different context windows for the same model depending on whether the id is prefixed with provider/
- PR #95236: fix(models): resolve slash-qualified ids through the parsed provider

These issues and fixes address bugs where model context length lookups return inconsistent or incorrect results depending on whether the model ID includes a slash-separated provider prefix. Multiple fixes target prefix stripping and fuzzy matching logic in model metadata utilities.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #47782: \[Bug\]: get_model_context_length returns different context windows for the same model depending on whether the id is prefixed with provider/

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#47783: fix(model_metadata): strip slash-form provider prefix in _strip_provider_prefix**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#47810: fix(model_metadata): parse slash-separated provider/model prefix in get_model_context_length**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#47881: fix(agent): strip slash provider prefix in context length lookup (#47782)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#47783`, `#47782`, `#47810`
- **#95236: fix(models): resolve slash-qualified ids through the parsed provider**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `agent/model_metadata.py`, `providers/__init__.py`, `tests/agent/test_context_length_slash_provider.py`, `tests/providers/test_provider_registry.py`

## Fix status

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