# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Dotted keys mishandled in config set/get/unset

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where config keys containing literal dots (such as dotted model IDs) are incorrectly split as path separators during set, get, and unset operations. Multiple fixes address preserving dotted identifiers intact through config key handling.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #99699. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #99699 (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-99699`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #91607: \[Bug\]: hermes config set splits dotted model IDs and writes the wrong model_overrides path

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#99699: fix(config): support literal dots in config key paths (set/get/unset)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_config_dotted_key_names.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_set_config_value.py`, `utils.py`, `website/docs/reference/cli-commands.md`
- **#93883: fix(config): keep dotted model IDs intact through config set/get/unset**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#99699`, `#84152`, `#80006`, `#84064`, `#91095`, `#91607`, `#99124`, `#80253`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #99699 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-31`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`