# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop model picker stale provider pick bug fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the desktop model picker sends a stale native provider in request body, overriding a custom provider configured in config.yaml. The members relate to reseeding stale or bare provider picks when a profile default has migrated to a custom provider.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #124795. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #124795 (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-124795`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #81922: \[Bug\]: Desktop model picker sends stale native provider in request body, overriding config.yaml's custom provider — extra_body silently dropped

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#124795: fix(desktop): reseed a bare provider pick the default migrated to custom:***. 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/lib/model-options.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/model-options.ts`
- **#81938: fix(desktop): reseed stale manual pick when profile default migrated to custom provider**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `d595e636c8`, `#81922`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #124795 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-27`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`