# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Custom provider configuration being ignored or misresolved at runtime

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items all concern custom provider settings in config (such as model.api_base aliasing to base_url, nested config handling, and provider/credential resolution) not being honored at runtime. One is a bug report and the others are fix-oriented changes; the titles alone do not show their outcomes.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #50385. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #50385 (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-50385`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #8919: Bug: custom provider config ignored at runtime

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#50385: fix(config): honor model.api_base for custom providers (alias to base_url)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config.py`, `tests/cli/test_cli_init.py`
- **#8963: fix(config): restore custom provider resolution and nested config han…**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `824c9d3812be6603fd4106113d912cc146ac1802`, `#50385`, `#8919`
- **#35056: fix(provider): unify provider/credential resolution — config.yaml as single source, fail-closed on custom intent**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#4600`, `#5358`, `#8919`, `#12146`, `#27132`, `#13489`, `#3263`, `#29285`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #50385 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-06-21`.
- Subsystem: `agent`