# NousResearch/hermes-agent · User plugin inference_base_url override for hardcoded providers

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where user plugin settings for inference_base_url were silently ignored when a provider existed in the hardcoded PROVIDER_REGISTRY, along with a fix allowing those overrides to take effect.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #116831. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116831 (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-116831`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #48450: Bug: user plugin inference_base_url override silently ignored for hardcoded PROVIDER_REGISTRY entries

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116831: User provider plugins override a bundled provider's endpoint (#48450, salvage #48451)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/auth.py`, `hermes_cli/auth_plugin_providers.py`, `providers/__init__.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_provider_registry_override.py`, `website/docs/developer-guide/model-provider-plugin.md`
- **#48451: fix(auth): allow user plugins to override inference_base_url for hardcoded providers**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
- **#48546: fix(auth): allow user plugins to override inference_base_url (#48450)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#48451`, `#48450`, `#48481`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116831 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.
- Subsystem: `agent`