# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix video provider availability checks for auto-selection

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address cases where video generation could auto-select or fall back to providers that are unavailable. The changes enforce availability requirements during implicit provider selection and fallback logic.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #56564: Video generation auto-selects unavailable single provider

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#56565: fix(video-gen): require availability for implicit provider fallback**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `fe002eb124d9f9e23769afdfc437f716255983b1`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#56592: fix(video): require availability for auto-select**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#56565`, `#56564`
- **#57141: fix(video-gen): skip unavailable fallback providers**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#56565`

## Fix status

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