# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Video provider compatibility and fallback handling

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #72275: \[Bug\]: video_analyze sends raw video base64 that most providers reject with 400
- PR #72516: fix(vision): fallback to image_url when provider rejects video_url (#72275)

These issues and PRs address problems with video input handling in vision features, where raw video base64 causes provider rejections, and work toward negotiating native video formats with fallback strategies when providers do not accept video URLs.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #72275: \[Bug\]: video_analyze sends raw video base64 that most providers reject with 400

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#72516: fix(vision): fallback to image_url when provider rejects video_url (#72275)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `1cc9b7ae8d11`, `#72516`, `#72275`, `#374151`
  - files: `tools/vision_tools.py`
- **#97318: fix(vision): negotiate native video dialects and fall back to frames**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `3c4c788fa8a491ef9d7c6291fdcf72cf9d189374`, `baa344dee76993f0444c18fc59a69738ccb339d0`, `e60983a69730c058ce772829df3273aee6de3889`
- **#98502: fix(vision): negotiate native video dialects and fall back to frames**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

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