# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gate OpenRouter-specific fields to OpenRouter only

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where OpenRouter-specific provider routing configuration (iteration-limit and summary provider hints) was leaking to non-OpenRouter providers. The work involves adding conditional checks to restrict those fields exclusively to OpenRouter.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #19600. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #19600 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #8591: \[Bug\] Provider routing config leaks OpenRouter fields to non-Openrouter providers

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#19600: fix(run_agent): gate iteration-limit summary provider routing to OpenRouter**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `run_agent.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_run_agent.py`
- **#8627: fix(agent): gate summary provider hints to OpenRouter**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `cb33c73418520bf38d83995c6e914ff42277eb10`, `#19600`, `#19408`, `#8691`
- **#8691: fix(agent): gate summary provider hints to OpenRouter (#8591)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#8627`
- **#19408: fix(run_agent): gate iteration-limit provider routing to OpenRouter**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#19600`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #19600 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-05-04`.
- Subsystem: `agent`