# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kimi model cache refresh and stale-cache fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #73184: \[Bug\] Kimi Code fallback catalog can be cached and hide k3-256k after transient discovery failure
- PR #73232: fix(cli): preserve live Kimi catalog on discovery failure

These items address stale or incorrectly cached model catalogs, specifically around Kimi/live model discovery failures, and add a manual refresh control to bust outdated caches.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #73184: \[Bug\] Kimi Code fallback catalog can be cached and hide k3-256k after transient discovery failure

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#48691: feat(model-picker): add Refresh Models control to bust stale model cache**. merged to main
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/model-menu-panel.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/hermes.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `hermes_cli/inventory.py`, `hermes_cli/model_switch.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_inventory.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`
- **#73232: fix(cli): preserve live Kimi catalog on discovery failure**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `a019f547f064`, `#73184`, `#73232`, `#374151`
  - files: `hermes_cli/models.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_provider_model_cache_provenance.py`

## Fix status

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