# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Inline $defs refs for strict schema backend compat

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #56979: \[Bug\]: Fireworks custom provider fails on first request with unresolved \`#/$defs/SetCookieParam\` tool schema reference
- PR #56984: fix(schema): inline $ref pointers to $defs for strict backend compat (#56979)

A bug where unresolved JSON Schema \`$ref\` pointers (e.g. \`#/$defs/SetCookieParam\`) caused failures with strict backends like Fireworks, addressed by inlining those references directly into the schema.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #56979: \[Bug\]: Fireworks custom provider fails on first request with unresolved \`#/$defs/SetCookieParam\` tool schema reference

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#56984: fix(schema): inline $ref pointers to $defs for strict backend compat (#56979)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_schema_sanitizer.py`, `tools/schema_sanitizer.py`
- **#57011: fix(agent): inline Fireworks local tool schema refs**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`

## Fix status

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