# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Custom provider reasoning_effort parameter handling fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #72649: \`custom\` provider: unconditional top-level \`reasoning_effort\` is fatal on OpenAI-compatible proxies that reject unknown params
- PR #72656: fix(custom): move reasoning_effort to extra_body for custom providers
- PR #87413: fix(custom): add providers.<name>.reasoning_format to control the reasoning wire shape

These issues and PRs address problems with how reasoning_effort is sent to custom/OpenAI-compatible providers, including moving it to extra_body and adding a per-provider option to control reasoning wire format.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #72649: \`custom\` provider: unconditional top-level \`reasoning_effort\` is fatal on OpenAI-compatible proxies that reject unknown params

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#72656: fix(custom): move reasoning_effort to extra_body for custom providers**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `plugins/model-providers/custom/__init__.py`, `tests/plugins/model_providers/test_custom_profile.py`
- **#87413: fix(custom): add providers.<name>.reasoning_format to control the reasoning wire shape**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`; refs `45a701b7c9`
  - files: `cli-config.yaml.example`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `plugins/model-providers/custom/__init__.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_custom_provider_reasoning_format.py`, `tests/plugins/model_providers/test_custom_profile.py`, `website/docs/integrations/providers.md`

## Fix status

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