# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Model selector crashes on dict-typed model entries

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Multiple fixes and reports address crashes and broken behavior in the model selector when provider model lists contain dict objects instead of strings, particularly affecting OpenRouter users.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #57405: Model selector crashes: 'dict' object has no attribute 'lower'

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#57411: fix(inventory): handle dict entries in provider models lists for model selector**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `fc18d15f4`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#57466: fix(desktop): defend model-picker against non-string models entries (#57405)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `fc18d15f4`, `#57405`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`