# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram model picker rejecting valid Portal recommendations

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the Telegram /model command rejects valid Nous Portal models that appear only in Portal Recommendations rather than the curated catalog, along with related fix attempts targeting the validation logic.

## 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 #98034. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #98034 (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-98034`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #71312: \[Bug\]: Telegram \`/model\` picker rejects valid Nous Portal models that are only in Portal Recommendations (not curated catalog)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#98034: fix(models): accept live Nous Portal recommendations in /model validation (salvage #71315)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/models.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_model_validation.py`
- **#71315: fix(models): accept live Nous Portal recommendations in /model validation**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#98034`, `#71312`, `#71313`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #98034 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-29`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`