# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Adding new GPT-5.x models to codex pickers

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern adding newly available GPT-5.x model variants (gpt-5.3, gpt-5.4, gpt-5.4-mini, gpt-5.5) to static model lists and picker UIs across CLI and Telegram interfaces, including a bug report about stale hardcoded lists omitting newer models.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #7670. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #7670 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #6595: \[Bug\] Telegram /model picker missing gpt-5.4 for openai-codex provider (stale _PROVIDER_MODELS hardcoded list)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#7670: fix: add gpt-5.4 to openai-codex model picker**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/models.py`
  - fix hunks:
  - `hermes_cli/models.py`

    ```diff
    @@ -87,6 +87,8 @@
             "openai/gpt-5.4-nano",
         ],
         "openai-codex": [
    +        "gpt-5.4",
    +        "gpt-5.4-mini",
             "gpt-5.3-codex",
             "gpt-5.2-codex",
             "gpt-5.1-codex-mini",
    ```
- **#7844: fix: add gpt-5.3-codex-spark to openai-codex curated model list**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/models.py`
  - fix hunks:
  - `hermes_cli/models.py`

    ```diff
    @@ -56,6 +56,18 @@
     
     _openrouter_catalog_cache: list[tuple[str, str]] | None = None
     
    +
    +def _codex_curated_models() -> list[str]:
    +    """Derive the openai-codex curated list from codex_models.py.
    +
    +    Single source of truth: DEFAULT_CODEX_MODELS + forward-compat synthesis.
    +    This keeps the gateway /model picker in sync with the CLI `hermes model`
    +    flow without maintaining a separate static list.
    +    """
    +    from hermes_cli.codex_models import DEFAULT_CODEX_MODELS, _add_forward_compat_models
    +    return _add_forward_compat_models(list(DEFAULT_CODEX_MODELS))
    +
    +
     _PROVIDER_MODELS: dict[str, list[str]] = {
         "nous": [
             "anthropic/claude-opus-4.6",
    ```

    ```diff
    @@ -86,14 +98,7 @@
             "openai/gpt-5.4-pro",
             "openai/gpt-5.4-nano",
         ],
    -    "openai-codex": [
    -        "gpt-5.4",
    -        "gpt-5.4-mini",
    -        "gpt-5.3-codex",
    -        "gpt-5.2-codex",
    -        "gpt-5.1-codex-mini",
    -        "gpt-5.1-codex-max",
    -    ],
    +    "openai-codex": _codex_curated_models(),
         "copilot-acp": [
             "copilot-acp",
         ],
    ```
- **#6609: fix(models): add gpt-5.4 and gpt-5.4-mini to openai-codex static model list**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#6618: fix(models): add gpt-5.4 and gpt-5.4-mini to openai-codex static model list**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `671d5068e`, `c94936839`, `#7670`, `#7844`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #7670 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-04-11`. This confirmation is old and may be out of date (a revert/reopen would not have invalidated it here); re-verify.