# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Vertex AI missing google/ publisher prefix fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #56778: bug(providers): Vertex AI provider fails with HTTP 400 due to missing mandatory 'google/' publisher prefix
- PR #56809: fix(vertex): prepend mandatory google/ publisher prefix to bare model names

Multiple fixes and a bug report addressing Vertex AI requests failing due to bare model names lacking the required 'google/' publisher prefix. Changes span CLI normalization and provider-level model name handling.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #56778: bug(providers): Vertex AI provider fails with HTTP 400 due to missing mandatory 'google/' publisher prefix

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#56805: fix(cli): add google/ publisher prefix normalization for Vertex AI**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#56809`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#56806: fix(vertex): prefix google publisher for Gemini models**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#56809: fix(vertex): prepend mandatory google/ publisher prefix to bare model names**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#56806`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/model_normalize.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_model_normalize.py`

## Fix status

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