# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop onboarding provider/model mismatch bug fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug in the desktop first-run onboarding flow causes a mismatch between the selected model and its provider when the default model is changed. The related issues and PRs address keeping the provider paired correctly with the chosen model during onboarding.

## 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 #115836. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #115836 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-115836`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #80762: \[Bug\]: Desktop first-run onboarding: changing the default model to one from a different provider writes a provider/model mismatch, chat errors "provider doesn't have the selected model"

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#115836: fix(desktop): onboarding model pick from another provider persists that provider and relabels the card (#80762, salvage #80775)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/components/onboarding/flow.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/onboarding/flow.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/store/onboarding.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/onboarding.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`
- **#80775: fix(desktop): persist onboarding model change against the picked model's provider**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `fbcc60595692`, `#115836`, `#80762`, `#80775`
- **#81551: fix(desktop): keep onboarding provider paired with model (#80762)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #115836 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-19`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`