# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Malformed custom providers config handling fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items relate to bugs and fixes around malformed or unknown custom provider configurations, including preserving fallback providers, preventing empty provider views, and handling type mismatches and nested aliases.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #114809. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114809 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #58907: \[Bug\]: Unknown provider

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114809: fix(config): malformed custom_providers no longer empties the providers view; config set refuses type mismatches; nested aliases keep key_env (#114605, #114471, salvage #45730, #109834)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `hermes_cli/config_providers.py`, `hermes_cli/model_switch.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_config_set_list_values.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_model_alias_credentials.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_set_config_value.py`, `website/docs/reference/cli-commands.md`
- **#63321: fix(config): preserve providers fallback on malformed custom providers**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `d80639ed66`, `#114809`, `#58907`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114809 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`