# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Doctor command skips validation for scalar model keys

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #71019: doctor: entire model/provider validation block is skipped when config uses a scalar \`model:\` key (AttributeError swallowed by a 184-line blanket except)
- PR #67112: fix(doctor): normalize model IDs during config repair
- PR #71046: fix(doctor): normalize model config shape before validating

A bug in the doctor command causes the entire model/provider validation block to be silently skipped when the config uses a scalar \`model:\` key, due to a broad except clause swallowing an AttributeError. These issues and fixes address normalizing the model config shape before validation runs.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #71019: doctor: entire model/provider validation block is skipped when config uses a scalar \`model:\` key (AttributeError swallowed by a 184-line blanket except)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#67112: fix(doctor): normalize model IDs during config repair**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#67106`
  - files: `hermes_cli/doctor_config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_doctor.py`
- **#71046: fix(doctor): normalize model config shape before validating**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `b5739401d3a4`, `#71019`, `#71033`, `#71046`, `#71400`, `#74995`, `#374151`
  - files: `hermes_cli/doctor_config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_doctor.py`
- **#71400: fix(doctor): normalize scalar model: key before validation block**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#71019`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`