# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Custom provider base URL config and resolution bugs

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #89334: \[Bug\]:  Custom Provider Fails with HTTP 404 Despite Correct Configuration
- PR #89339: fix(config): warn when a custom provider base_url has no path
- PR #104846: fix(model-setup): persist probe-verified base URL for keyed custom providers

These items address bugs where custom providers fail due to incorrect or unverified base URL handling, including a fix to persist probe-verified URLs and a warning when a base URL is missing a path component.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #89334: \[Bug\]:  Custom Provider Fails with HTTP 404 Despite Correct Configuration

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#89339: fix(config): warn when a custom provider base_url has no path**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_custom_provider_normalize_no_mutate.py`
- **#104846: fix(model-setup): persist probe-verified base URL for keyed custom providers**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#89334`
  - files: `hermes_cli/model_setup_flows_custom.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_custom_provider_model_switch.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_model_switch_custom_providers.py`

## Fix status

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