# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop app model changes after provider re-authentication

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #68144: \[Bug\]: Desktop app silently changes global default model to most expensive curated option after Nous Portal re-login (no user confirmation)
- PR #128559: fix(desktop): keep the configured model when re-authing its provider (#68144)

The three members concern the desktop app altering or needing to preserve the configured/default model when a provider (including Nous Portal) is re-authenticated. One is a bug report describing a silent switch to a costly model; the other two are fix-oriented pull requests with similar titles.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Open related issues

- #68144: \[Bug\]: Desktop app silently changes global default model to most expensive curated option after Nous Portal re-login (no user confirmation)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#68328: fix(desktop): preserve model after reauthentication**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#128559`, `#68144`
- **#128559: fix(desktop): keep the configured model when re-authing its provider (#68144)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `f254482990aa3473c8906ef7a4370321a7fd121e`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/api/models.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/onboarding.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/onboarding.ts`

## Fix status

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