# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Config writes incorrectly overwrite model routing settings

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #97579: \[Bug\]: \`hermes config set\` silently persists the session's model selection over the \`model:\` block on ANY config write (bricks profile if provider unresolvable)
- PR #102489: fix(web): prevent web config saves from clobbering untouched model routing (#97579)

A bug where unrelated config save operations silently restore or overwrite the active model routing state, potentially breaking profiles when the provider is unresolvable. Multiple fixes and a bug report address this same underlying issue, as seen in \`hermes config set\` silently persisting model selection over the \`model:\` block on any config write.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #97579: \[Bug\]: \`hermes config set\` silently persists the session's model selection over the \`model:\` block on ANY config write (bricks profile if provider unresolvable)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#97599: fix(config): stop unrelated config writes from restoring stale model routing**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#97579`
- **#102489: fix(web): prevent web config saves from clobbering untouched model routing (#97579)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#102489`, `#97579`
  - files: `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server.py`

## Fix status

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