# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix auxiliary fallback to use active runtime config

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #73283: \[Bug\]: Final auxiliary fallback uses static main config instead of the active runtime
- PR #73284: fix(auxiliary): use active runtime in final main-agent fallback

These issues and PRs address a bug where the final auxiliary fallback incorrectly referenced a static main configuration instead of the active runtime or current session config. The changes correct the fallback logic to use the appropriate runtime state.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #73283: \[Bug\]: Final auxiliary fallback uses static main config instead of the active runtime

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#73284: fix(auxiliary): use active runtime in final main-agent fallback**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `24e1028b5`, `ca5ce1110`, `2fac7f322`, `55505be15`, `e50d36649`, `#80770`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `tests/agent/test_auxiliary_client.py`, `tests/agent/test_set_runtime_main_custom_provider.py`
- **#73733: fix(agent): use current session config in final auxiliary fallback instead of static main config**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#73284`

## Fix status

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