# NousResearch/hermes-agent · 'main' alias incorrectly triggering stale-aux banner

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where auxiliary tasks or providers using the 'main' alias are incorrectly flagged by the stale-auxiliary banner check. The fix exempts the 'main' alias from that detection logic.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #110208. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #110208 (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-110208`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #97310: \[Bug\]: Desktop stale-aux banner misfires when auxiliary provider is the 'main' alias

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#110208: Vision tools stay visible for native-vision mains and main-alias aux pins (#47149, #97310, salvage #97763)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/model-settings.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/model-settings.tsx`, `contributors/emails/tutan0558@users.noreply.github.com`, `hermes_cli/web_server_config.py`, `tests/agent/test_vision_routing.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_stale_aux_local_endpoint.py`, `tools/vision_tools.py`
- **#97319: fix(desktop): exempt the main alias from the stale-aux banner**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#110208`, `#97763`
- **#97432: fix(desktop): exempt 'main' alias from stale-aux banner check**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#110208`, `#97763`
- **#97763: fix: don't flag auxiliary tasks using the 'main' provider alias as stale**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#110208`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #110208 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-13`.