# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Session resume provider mismatch warnings and fallback

## Open now

- 1 issue, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- #52943: \[Bug\]: Resume silently creates new session when original provider is missing
- PR #52961: fix(agent): warn on resume when session provider differs from current default
- PR #53247: fix(cli): warn and fallback when resumed session's original provider is missing
- PR #71955: fix(agent): fallback to default provider when session's provider is missing

These issues and PRs address behavior when resuming a session whose original provider is missing, covering silent fallback bugs and adding warnings or explicit fallback logic in the agent and CLI.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Open related issues

- #52943: \[Bug\]: Resume silently creates new session when original provider is missing

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#52961: fix(agent): warn on resume when session provider differs from current default**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/agent_init.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_agent_setup_mixin.py`
- **#53247: fix(cli): warn and fallback when resumed session's original provider is missing**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `cli.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_agent_setup_mixin.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_commands_mixin.py`
- **#71955: fix(agent): fallback to default provider when session's provider is missing**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/cli_agent_setup_mixin.py`

## Fix status

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