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JSON-string providers config silently broken at load time

Cluster 88451 · hermes cli. Data as of 2026-10-29 11:48 UTC

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #118843 on 22 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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Stored provider configurations encoded as JSON strings are ignored by consumer code, causing vision support and custom provider lookups to fail. A fix targets decoding these JSON-string-typed providers at load time.

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#118843 config.yaml quoted-string lists are flagged by doctor/startup and no longer written by config set; catalog stars probe re-mints its App token (#83308 #105706 #118113)

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files: .github/workflows/skills-index.yml, hermes_cli/config.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_config_set_list_values.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_config_validation.py, tests/website/test_fetch_plugin_stars.py, website/docs/reference/cli-commands.md, website/scripts/fetch-plugin-stars.py

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From the close comments: superseded by another PR 1

#88465 fix(config): decode JSON-string-typed providers at load time (#88451) · superseded by another PR → c3021af, #118843, #105706

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Closed#88451providers: stored as a JSON string is silently ignored by all consumer code — per-model supports_vision and custom-provider identity lookups never resolve

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Subsystem: hermes cli
Merged PRs: #118843
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 1 PR closed without merging
Fix link checked: 22 Sep 2026

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