# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bots mode model-switch confirm_required handling

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a gap in the desktop Bots mode where model switches that return confirm_required are not properly handled, leaving certain contributor-tier models unselectable. The cluster covers the UX picker behavior, a confirm handshake guard, and related observability work around this flow.

## 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 #95983. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #95983 (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-95983`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #95293: Desktop (Bots mode) silently drops model switches returning confirm_required — contributor-tier models (muse-spark) unselectable

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#95983: salvage(final-wave): UX/picker cluster — Bots picker settles, refresh reconcile × confirm guard, Bots guarded-switch confirm handshake (#95293), dial observability pair**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-model-controls.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/model-menu-panel.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/model-menu-panel.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/guarded-model-switch.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/model-options.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/model-options.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/plugin.js`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/tests/bot-attention-badge.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/tests/embed-skills-view.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/tests/group-activity.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/tests/model-picker-settle.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/tests/model-switch-confirm.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/src/sdk/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway.ts`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_profiles_configure_model_guard.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_profiles.py`
- **#95350: fix(desktop): honor gateway confirm_required on model switches (Bots mode)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#87971`, `#90796`, `#91966`, `#92492`, `#94610`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #95983 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-27`.