# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Model validation api_mode propagation and syntax fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address api_mode not being passed through the model validation chain, and add support for a custom:name:model triple syntax. Related fixes cover provider-specific validation for anthropic_messages, Cloudflare-protected endpoints, Gemini prefixes, and OpenAI catalog lookups.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.39`: 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

- #9137: fix(model): api_mode not propagated to validate_requested_model / probe_api_models
- #9146: Bug: custom provider api_mode not passed to model validation, wrong catalog returned

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#9134: fix(model): pass api_mode through validation chain and support custom:name:model triple syntax**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#9152: fix(model): api_mode propagation, triple syntax, and custom provider model listing**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.