# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Curator fallback chain config not propagated correctly

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #78371: Curator review: per-task fallback_chain (auxiliary.curator.fallback_chain) is ignored
- PR #79750: fix(review): propagate configured curator fallback chains

These items address a bug where configured fallback chains for the curator were not being forwarded or propagated through the review process. The work involves fixes to ensure per-task fallback chain settings are correctly passed along rather than ignored.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #78371: Curator review: per-task fallback_chain (auxiliary.curator.fallback_chain) is ignored

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#79750: fix(review): propagate configured curator fallback chains**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#93664`, `#93592`, `#78371`
  - files: `agent/background_review.py`, `agent/curator.py`, `hermes_cli/fallback_config.py`, `tests/agent/test_curator.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_fallback_config.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_background_review_cache_parity.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_background_review_cost_controls.py`
- **#89498: fix(curator): forward configured fallback chains**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#79750`
- **#93664: fix(agent): honor auxiliary.fallback_chain in review forks**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#79750`, `#93592`

## Fix status

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