# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Custom provider model list save and env key bug fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where testing a custom provider discovers multiple models but only one is persisted on save, and a related issue where custom endpoint keys are incorrectly handled instead of being stored in .env.

## 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 #71141. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #71141 (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-71141`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #69988: \[Bug\]: Custom provider model list — Test discovers all models but Save only persists one

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#71141: fix: custom endpoint keys go to .env, and Save keeps the whole model list**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/custom-endpoints-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/types/hermes.ts`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/model_setup_flows.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `tests/cli/test_cli_provider_resolution.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server.py`
- **#69488: fix(web_server): persist full model list from Test, key_env for Desktop, IP guard**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#69449`, `#69988`, `#71141`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #71141 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-25`.