# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram model picker rejects valid Nous Portal models

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the Telegram picker rejects valid models that appear only in Nous Portal recommendations rather than the curated catalog, along with two related fix attempts targeting model validation to accept those live recommendations.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #71313: \[Bug\]: Telegram  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  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#98034`, `#71312`, `#71313`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`