# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Vision auxiliary model config fixes and crash handling

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #96512: vision_analyze fails with 'list object has no attribute strip' when auxiliary vision model is configured via custom OpenAI-compatible provider
- PR #96521: fix(vision): restore custom auxiliary vision results
- PR #96560: fix(runtime_provider): skip providers entries with non-string base_url instead of crashing

These items address bugs in vision analysis when auxiliary models are configured, including restoring custom auxiliary vision results and preventing crashes when provider entries have non-string base_url values.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #96512: vision_analyze fails with 'list object has no attribute strip' when auxiliary vision model is configured via custom OpenAI-compatible provider

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#96521: fix(vision): restore custom auxiliary vision results**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#96512`, `#96521`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `tests/tools/test_llm_content_none_guard.py`
- **#96560: fix(runtime_provider): skip providers entries with non-string base_url instead of crashing**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/runtime_provider.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_runtime_provider_resolution.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`