# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop chat fallback provider on quota errors

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where Desktop chats do not switch to a configured fallback provider when a Codex account hits usage or quota limits (429 errors), including cases where the fallback was added after chats were already open.

## 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 #115831. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #115831 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #95066: Desktop chat does not fail over to configured fallback on Codex usage_limit_reached (429)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#115831: fix(desktop): open chats switch to a fallback provider added after they were opened (#95066, salvage #95139)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/cli_chat_turn_mixin.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_cli_fallback_chain_hot_reload.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_fallback_chain_hot_reload.py`, `tui_gateway/agent_callbacks.py`, `tui_gateway/prompt_turn.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/fallback-providers.md`
- **#95139: fix(providers): make Desktop chats fail over on Codex account quota**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `61db846f19be`, `#115831`, `#95066`, `#95139`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #115831 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-19`.