# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Model selection bugs and qualifier stripping fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address bugs in model switching behavior, specifically preventing auto-correct from removing meaningful model qualifiers and a reported issue where the selected model does not persist across restarts.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #109408. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #109408 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #73208: \[Bug\]: /model does not persist the selected model across restarts

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#109408: fix(model): a selected model id is never rewritten to a catalog neighbour (Desktop custom pick reverted to -0731)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-model-controls.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-model-controls.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/model-menu-panel.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/model-menu-panel.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/model-options.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/model-options.ts`, `hermes_cli/model_switch.py`, `hermes_cli/models_validate.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_model_switch_user_provider_slug_verbatim.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_model_validation.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_openrouter_preset_validation.py`
- **#73239: fix(model-switch): prevent auto-correct from stripping meaningful model qualifiers**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#73208`
- **#73244: fix(model-switch): prevent auto-correct from stripping meaningful model qualifiers**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `d595e636c83a`, `#109408`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #109408 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-12`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`