# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Prevent fallback provider leaking into composer model

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #75320: \[Bug\]: Desktop sticky-ises fallback provider as composer model — new sessions inherit the fallback as PRIMARY, defeating per-turn primary restoration
- PR #75518: fix(desktop): stop syncing session runtime model/provider to composer atoms

These items address a bug where the fallback provider was being incorrectly persisted or synced into the composer model atoms, causing new sessions to inherit the fallback as the primary provider. The fixes aim to keep fallback state isolated from composer model selection.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #75320: \[Bug\]: Desktop sticky-ises fallback provider as composer model — new sessions inherit the fallback as PRIMARY, defeating per-turn primary restoration

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#75323: fix(desktop): keep fallback out of composer model**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#102793`
- **#75518: fix(desktop): stop syncing session runtime model/provider to composer atoms**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `b0bfaff2bb6b`, `#75320`, `#75323`, `#75518`, `#374151`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/utils.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-state-cache.ts`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`