# NousResearch/hermes-agent · /model switching and provider selection for shared model names

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #48731: /model switch to shared model name prefers native provider over current reseller

Three members concern how the /model command picks a provider when switching to a model name that more than one provider may serve. They touch on keeping a model the current provider serves, checking the configured provider catalog before static detection, and a report that a native provider is preferred over the current reseller; one also mentions the deepseek-flash id.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #107236. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #107236 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #48731: /model switch to shared model name prefers native provider over current reseller

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#107236: fix(models): /model keeps a model the current provider serves; deepseek-flash is DeepSeek's canonical Flash id (refs #97487, supersedes #107126)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/model_metadata.py`, `agent/reasoning_timeouts.py`, `agent/usage_pricing.py`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/goals.py`, `hermes_cli/model_normalize.py`, `hermes_cli/models.py`, `hermes_cli/models_catalog_static.py`, `hermes_cli/models_detect.py`, `plugins/model-providers/deepseek/__init__.py`, `tests/agent/test_model_metadata.py`, `tests/agent/test_reasoning_stale_timeout_floor.py`, `tests/agent/test_usage_pricing.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_model_normalize.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_models_detect_live_catalog.py`, `tests/plugins/model_providers/test_deepseek_profile.py`
- **#48744: fix(cli): check configured provider catalog before static detection in /model switch**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `2466684db54`, `#107236`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #107236 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-10`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`