# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Model picker custom-provider catalog freshness and refresh behavior

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

The three members all concern the model picker's handling of custom-provider model lists, including stale or zero counts, in-place refresh, and cached catalogs on opens without probing. Their exact relationship and current status are not established beyond the titles.

## 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 #81973. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #81973 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-81973`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #63583: \[Feature\]: /model picker doesn't live-probe non-current custom providers by default, showing stale/0 model counts

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#81973: fix(model-picker): serve cached custom-provider catalog on no-probe opens (supersedes #81665, #81556)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/model_setup_flows.py`, `hermes_cli/model_switch.py`, `hermes_cli/models.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_cached_fetch_api_models.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_model_switch_custom_providers.py`
- **#63591: feat(tui): refresh model picker in place**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #81973 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-08`.
- Subsystem: `dashboard`