# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Pin or favorite models in model picker

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests concern adding the ability to pin or mark favorite models so they appear at the top of the model picker or model menu in the desktop app.

## 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 #126535. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #126535 (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-126535`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #49777: \[Feature\]: favorite models on top ⭐

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#126535: feat(desktop): star models into a Favorites section of the model picker**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/model-catalog-menu.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/model-catalog-menu.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/de.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/es.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/fr.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ru.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/favorite-models.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/favorite-models.ts`, `locales/_keys.desktop.json`, `website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md`
- **#95090: feat(desktop): pin models to the top of the model menu**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#126535`, `#107926`
- **#107926: feat(desktop): pin favorite models to the top of the model picker**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#126535`, `#95090`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #126535 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-30`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`