# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Model picker provider switching bug and fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the desktop model picker incorrectly switches to OpenRouter when a model ID exists on multiple providers, along with related fix attempts to preserve the selected provider-model pair.

## 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 #107283. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #107283 (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-107283`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #99389: \[Bug\]\[Desktop\] Model picker switches to OpenRouter when the same model exists on another provider

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#107283: fix(desktop): model picker keeps the (provider, model) pair; a shared id on OpenRouter no longer rewrites the pick (#99389, salvage #99575)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/model-catalog-menu.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/model-menu-panel.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/model-menu-panel.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/model-picker.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/model-options.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/model-options.ts`
- **#99575: fix(desktop): keep model picker on the selected provider**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `f44b0fd3429`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #107283 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-10`.