# NousResearch/hermes-agent · fetch_models TypeError retry without base_url

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address a bug where a TypeError is raised when plugin fetch_models calls omit base_url, and a retry mechanism without base_url is proposed as a fix. The issue and related pull requests focus on preventing provider_model_ids from silently swallowing this error.

## 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 #89424. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #89424 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #69255: provider_model_ids swallows TypeError when plugin fetch_models omits base_url

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#89424: fix(commandcode): Dashboard/Desktop model picker no longer empty; custom base_url honored for discovery (salvage #88851)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/providers.py`, `plugins/model-providers/commandcode/__init__.py`, `providers/base.py`, `tests/plugins/model_providers/test_commandcode_profile.py`, `tests/providers/test_fetch_models_base_url.py`
- **#69261: fix(models): retry fetch_models without base_url on TypeError**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#89424`
- **#69417: fix: retry fetch_models without base_url on TypeError (#69255)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #89424 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-18`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`