# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Tool Gateway checklist pre-check and decline persistence corrections

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address bugs where the Tool Gateway checklist incorrectly pre-checked keyless local backends and did not retain user declines across Nous model swaps. The corrections prevent unwanted overwrites of explicit non-Nous backend configurations and honor prior checklist dismissals.

## 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 #92697. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #92697 (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-92697`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #92647: Tool Gateway checklist pre-checks explicitly-configured keyless local backends and re-offers on every Nous model swap (decline never persisted)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#92697: fix(gateway): Nous model swap no longer overwrites local tool backends; checklist declines persist (#92647, salvage #92665)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config.py`, `hermes_cli/nous_subscription.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_nous_subscription.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/tool-gateway.md`
- **#92665: fix(tools): don't pre-check keyless local backends in Tool Gateway checklist**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#92697`, `#92647`
- **#92667: fix(nous): keep explicit non-Nous backends out of the pre-checked gateway offer**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#92697`, `#92665`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #92697 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-23`.