# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fallback activation ignores explicit transport overrides

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where activating a fallback provider ignores explicitly declared api_mode or transport settings, defaulting to chat_completions instead of honoring the configured override. The cluster covers the bug report and related fix attempts targeting this transport resolution behavior.

## 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 #115738. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #115738 (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-115738`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #81932: \[Bug\]: Fallback activation ignores explicit api_mode/transport override and defaults to chat_completions

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#115738: fix(fallback): entries naming a providers block keep its declared transport on activation (#33062, #81932)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/chat_completion_helpers.py`, `tests/agent/test_fallback_api_mode_preservation.py`, `website/docs/integrations/providers.md`
- **#81968: fix(fallback): honor explicit transport overrides (#81932)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #115738 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-19`.
- Subsystem: `agent`