# NousResearch/hermes-agent · OpenRouter missing from PROVIDER_REGISTRY affecting desktop model picker

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Members center on OpenRouter not appearing in the desktop model picker because it is absent from PROVIDER_REGISTRY, including one bug report and several auth-related pull requests proposing to register it. One member takes a broader approach, detecting configured providers that are missing from the registry.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #66017. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #66017 (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-66017`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #65793: Bug: OpenRouter missing from PROVIDER_REGISTRY — desktop model picker drops it even with OPENROUTER_API_KEY set

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#65821: fix(auth): add OpenRouter to PROVIDER_REGISTRY for desktop picker visibility**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#65796`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#66017: fix(auth): detect configured providers absent from registry**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/auth.py`, `scripts/release.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_auth_provider_gate.py`
- **#65796: fix(auth): register OpenRouter in PROVIDER_REGISTRY so the desktop picker shows it**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `7cb2d2cd4acf0c452349968ce8d90908e8fb4cd9`, `#66017`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #66017 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-17`.
- Subsystem: `agent/secret_sources`