# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Custom provider routing via model disambiguation

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #85847: \[Bug\]: delegate_task routes a custom-provider model through the wrong provider when multiple providers share the same base_url
- PR #85861: fix(cli): disambiguate custom provider identity by model before URL
- PR #85876: fix(delegation): keep switched custom-provider models on the correct route

These items address a bug where custom providers sharing the same base URL cause model routing to select the wrong provider. The corrections ensure provider identity is determined by model before falling back to URL matching.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #85847: \[Bug\]: delegate_task routes a custom-provider model through the wrong provider when multiple providers share the same base_url

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#85861: fix(cli): disambiguate custom provider identity by model before URL**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `7b5a18817`
  - files: `hermes_cli/runtime_provider_custom.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_canonical_custom_identity.py`, `tests/tools/test_delegate.py`, `tools/delegate_tool_config.py`
- **#85876: fix(delegation): keep switched custom-provider models on the correct route**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`; refs `7b5a18817`
  - files: `hermes_cli/runtime_provider.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_canonical_custom_identity.py`, `tests/tools/test_delegate.py`, `tools/delegate_tool.py`

## Fix status

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