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When auxiliary tasks (title generation, compression, session search, etc.) call resolve_provider_client without an explicit model while the main provider is xai-oauth, _build_xai_oauth_aux_client would early-return None. This caused HTTP 400s on auxiliary title generation after switching from GPT-family to grok-4.3 via xAI Grok OAuth.

Now we fall back to _read_main_model() so auxiliary tasks continue using the user's chosen Grok model instead of silently dropping to Step-2 fallbacks (OpenRouter/Nous/etc.).

This is a focused, isolated fix.

When auxiliary tasks (title generation, compression, etc.) call
resolve_provider_client without an explicit model while the main
provider is xai-oauth, _build_xai_oauth_aux_client would early-return
None because it requires a model. This caused HTTP 400s after
switching from GPT to Grok-4.3.

Now we fall back to _read_main_model() so auxiliary tasks continue
to use the user's chosen Grok model instead of silently dropping
to Step-2 fallbacks.

Fixes auxiliary title generation (and similar) for xAI Grok OAuth users.
@alt-glitch alt-glitch added type/bug Something isn't working P3 Low — cosmetic, nice to have comp/agent Core agent loop, run_agent.py, prompt builder provider/xai xAI (Grok) labels May 25, 2026
teknium1 pushed a commit that referenced this pull request May 25, 2026
Aux callers (title generation, vision, session search, etc.) can reach
resolve_provider_client() without an explicit model when the user
picked their main provider via 'hermes model' and didn't bother
configuring a per-task auxiliary.<task>.model override.  The
expectation in that case is universal: 'use my main model for side
tasks too.'

Before, the OAuth providers (xai-oauth, openai-codex) silently
returned (None, None) on an empty model — both lack a catalog default
because their accepted-model lists drift on the backend.  That caused
_resolve_auto to drop to its Step-2 fallback chain (OpenRouter /
Nous / etc.), so aux tasks billed against the wrong subscription
without warning.

The fix is at the top of resolve_provider_client() — a single
3-step universal fallback that runs before any provider branch, so
no provider-specific empty-model guards are needed (now or for any
future provider we add):

    1. caller-passed model (caller knew what they wanted)
    2. provider's catalog default (cheap aux model, if registered)
    3. user's main model from config.yaml

Behaviour by provider class:

- OAuth providers (xai-oauth, openai-codex) — no catalog default, so
  step 3 applies.  Title gen runs on grok-4.3 / gpt-5.4 against the
  user's actual subscription instead of leaking to OpenRouter.
- API-key providers (anthropic, gemini, kimi-coding, etc.) — catalog
  default wins at step 2, preserving the original 'cheap aux model'
  behaviour.  Anthropic users still get claude-haiku-4-5 for titles,
  not opus.
- Explicit-model callers (auxiliary.<task>.model config, programmatic
  callers) — caller wins at step 1, no surprise switching.

Salvaged from @wysie's PR #31845 which fixed the xai-oauth branch
specifically.  The universal shape supersedes the per-branch fix
and covers openai-codex (same bug class) plus any future OAuth
providers.

4 new tests in TestResolveProviderClientUniversalModelFallback:

- empty_model_for_oauth_provider_falls_back_to_main_model
- empty_model_for_codex_also_uses_main_model
- empty_model_for_catalog_provider_uses_catalog_default
- explicit_model_takes_precedence_over_fallbacks

365/365 across tests/agent/test_auxiliary_*, tests/run_agent/test_codex_xai_oauth_recovery.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_auth_xai_oauth_provider.py, and tests/hermes_cli/test_plugin_auxiliary_tasks.py.

Co-authored-by: wysie <wysie@users.noreply.github.com>
teknium1 pushed a commit that referenced this pull request May 25, 2026
Aux callers (title generation, vision, session search, etc.) can reach
resolve_provider_client() without an explicit model when the user
picked their main provider via 'hermes model' and didn't bother
configuring a per-task auxiliary.<task>.model override.  The
expectation in that case is universal: 'use my main model for side
tasks too.'

Before, the OAuth providers (xai-oauth, openai-codex) silently
returned (None, None) on an empty model — both lack a catalog default
because their accepted-model lists drift on the backend.  That caused
_resolve_auto to drop to its Step-2 fallback chain (OpenRouter /
Nous / etc.), so aux tasks billed against the wrong subscription
without warning.

The fix is at the top of resolve_provider_client() — a single
3-step universal fallback that runs before any provider branch, so
no provider-specific empty-model guards are needed (now or for any
future provider we add):

    1. caller-passed model (caller knew what they wanted)
    2. provider's catalog default (cheap aux model, if registered)
    3. user's main model from config.yaml

Behaviour by provider class:

- OAuth providers (xai-oauth, openai-codex) — no catalog default, so
  step 3 applies.  Title gen runs on grok-4.3 / gpt-5.4 against the
  user's actual subscription instead of leaking to OpenRouter.
- API-key providers (anthropic, gemini, kimi-coding, etc.) — catalog
  default wins at step 2, preserving the original 'cheap aux model'
  behaviour.  Anthropic users still get claude-haiku-4-5 for titles,
  not opus.
- Explicit-model callers (auxiliary.<task>.model config, programmatic
  callers) — caller wins at step 1, no surprise switching.

Salvaged from @wysie's PR #31845 which fixed the xai-oauth branch
specifically.  The universal shape supersedes the per-branch fix
and covers openai-codex (same bug class) plus any future OAuth
providers.

4 new tests in TestResolveProviderClientUniversalModelFallback:

- empty_model_for_oauth_provider_falls_back_to_main_model
- empty_model_for_codex_also_uses_main_model
- empty_model_for_catalog_provider_uses_catalog_default
- explicit_model_takes_precedence_over_fallbacks

365/365 across tests/agent/test_auxiliary_*, tests/run_agent/test_codex_xai_oauth_recovery.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_auth_xai_oauth_provider.py, and tests/hermes_cli/test_plugin_auxiliary_tasks.py.

Co-authored-by: wysie <wysie@users.noreply.github.com>
daletkc pushed a commit to daletkc/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request May 25, 2026
…arch#31845)

Aux callers (title generation, vision, session search, etc.) can reach
resolve_provider_client() without an explicit model when the user
picked their main provider via 'hermes model' and didn't bother
configuring a per-task auxiliary.<task>.model override.  The
expectation in that case is universal: 'use my main model for side
tasks too.'

Before, the OAuth providers (xai-oauth, openai-codex) silently
returned (None, None) on an empty model — both lack a catalog default
because their accepted-model lists drift on the backend.  That caused
_resolve_auto to drop to its Step-2 fallback chain (OpenRouter /
Nous / etc.), so aux tasks billed against the wrong subscription
without warning.

The fix is at the top of resolve_provider_client() — a single
3-step universal fallback that runs before any provider branch, so
no provider-specific empty-model guards are needed (now or for any
future provider we add):

    1. caller-passed model (caller knew what they wanted)
    2. provider's catalog default (cheap aux model, if registered)
    3. user's main model from config.yaml

Behaviour by provider class:

- OAuth providers (xai-oauth, openai-codex) — no catalog default, so
  step 3 applies.  Title gen runs on grok-4.3 / gpt-5.4 against the
  user's actual subscription instead of leaking to OpenRouter.
- API-key providers (anthropic, gemini, kimi-coding, etc.) — catalog
  default wins at step 2, preserving the original 'cheap aux model'
  behaviour.  Anthropic users still get claude-haiku-4-5 for titles,
  not opus.
- Explicit-model callers (auxiliary.<task>.model config, programmatic
  callers) — caller wins at step 1, no surprise switching.

Salvaged from @wysie's PR NousResearch#31845 which fixed the xai-oauth branch
specifically.  The universal shape supersedes the per-branch fix
and covers openai-codex (same bug class) plus any future OAuth
providers.

4 new tests in TestResolveProviderClientUniversalModelFallback:

- empty_model_for_oauth_provider_falls_back_to_main_model
- empty_model_for_codex_also_uses_main_model
- empty_model_for_catalog_provider_uses_catalog_default
- explicit_model_takes_precedence_over_fallbacks

365/365 across tests/agent/test_auxiliary_*, tests/run_agent/test_codex_xai_oauth_recovery.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_auth_xai_oauth_provider.py, and tests/hermes_cli/test_plugin_auxiliary_tasks.py.

Co-authored-by: wysie <wysie@users.noreply.github.com>
bridge25 pushed a commit to bridge25/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request May 27, 2026
…arch#31845)

Aux callers (title generation, vision, session search, etc.) can reach
resolve_provider_client() without an explicit model when the user
picked their main provider via 'hermes model' and didn't bother
configuring a per-task auxiliary.<task>.model override.  The
expectation in that case is universal: 'use my main model for side
tasks too.'

Before, the OAuth providers (xai-oauth, openai-codex) silently
returned (None, None) on an empty model — both lack a catalog default
because their accepted-model lists drift on the backend.  That caused
_resolve_auto to drop to its Step-2 fallback chain (OpenRouter /
Nous / etc.), so aux tasks billed against the wrong subscription
without warning.

The fix is at the top of resolve_provider_client() — a single
3-step universal fallback that runs before any provider branch, so
no provider-specific empty-model guards are needed (now or for any
future provider we add):

    1. caller-passed model (caller knew what they wanted)
    2. provider's catalog default (cheap aux model, if registered)
    3. user's main model from config.yaml

Behaviour by provider class:

- OAuth providers (xai-oauth, openai-codex) — no catalog default, so
  step 3 applies.  Title gen runs on grok-4.3 / gpt-5.4 against the
  user's actual subscription instead of leaking to OpenRouter.
- API-key providers (anthropic, gemini, kimi-coding, etc.) — catalog
  default wins at step 2, preserving the original 'cheap aux model'
  behaviour.  Anthropic users still get claude-haiku-4-5 for titles,
  not opus.
- Explicit-model callers (auxiliary.<task>.model config, programmatic
  callers) — caller wins at step 1, no surprise switching.

Salvaged from @wysie's PR NousResearch#31845 which fixed the xai-oauth branch
specifically.  The universal shape supersedes the per-branch fix
and covers openai-codex (same bug class) plus any future OAuth
providers.

4 new tests in TestResolveProviderClientUniversalModelFallback:

- empty_model_for_oauth_provider_falls_back_to_main_model
- empty_model_for_codex_also_uses_main_model
- empty_model_for_catalog_provider_uses_catalog_default
- explicit_model_takes_precedence_over_fallbacks

365/365 across tests/agent/test_auxiliary_*, tests/run_agent/test_codex_xai_oauth_recovery.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_auth_xai_oauth_provider.py, and tests/hermes_cli/test_plugin_auxiliary_tasks.py.

Co-authored-by: wysie <wysie@users.noreply.github.com>
mathias3 pushed a commit to mathias3/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request May 28, 2026
…arch#31845)

Aux callers (title generation, vision, session search, etc.) can reach
resolve_provider_client() without an explicit model when the user
picked their main provider via 'hermes model' and didn't bother
configuring a per-task auxiliary.<task>.model override.  The
expectation in that case is universal: 'use my main model for side
tasks too.'

Before, the OAuth providers (xai-oauth, openai-codex) silently
returned (None, None) on an empty model — both lack a catalog default
because their accepted-model lists drift on the backend.  That caused
_resolve_auto to drop to its Step-2 fallback chain (OpenRouter /
Nous / etc.), so aux tasks billed against the wrong subscription
without warning.

The fix is at the top of resolve_provider_client() — a single
3-step universal fallback that runs before any provider branch, so
no provider-specific empty-model guards are needed (now or for any
future provider we add):

    1. caller-passed model (caller knew what they wanted)
    2. provider's catalog default (cheap aux model, if registered)
    3. user's main model from config.yaml

Behaviour by provider class:

- OAuth providers (xai-oauth, openai-codex) — no catalog default, so
  step 3 applies.  Title gen runs on grok-4.3 / gpt-5.4 against the
  user's actual subscription instead of leaking to OpenRouter.
- API-key providers (anthropic, gemini, kimi-coding, etc.) — catalog
  default wins at step 2, preserving the original 'cheap aux model'
  behaviour.  Anthropic users still get claude-haiku-4-5 for titles,
  not opus.
- Explicit-model callers (auxiliary.<task>.model config, programmatic
  callers) — caller wins at step 1, no surprise switching.

Salvaged from @wysie's PR NousResearch#31845 which fixed the xai-oauth branch
specifically.  The universal shape supersedes the per-branch fix
and covers openai-codex (same bug class) plus any future OAuth
providers.

4 new tests in TestResolveProviderClientUniversalModelFallback:

- empty_model_for_oauth_provider_falls_back_to_main_model
- empty_model_for_codex_also_uses_main_model
- empty_model_for_catalog_provider_uses_catalog_default
- explicit_model_takes_precedence_over_fallbacks

365/365 across tests/agent/test_auxiliary_*, tests/run_agent/test_codex_xai_oauth_recovery.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_auth_xai_oauth_provider.py, and tests/hermes_cli/test_plugin_auxiliary_tasks.py.

Co-authored-by: wysie <wysie@users.noreply.github.com>
Bryce-huang pushed a commit to wbkunlun/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request May 29, 2026
…arch#31845)

Aux callers (title generation, vision, session search, etc.) can reach
resolve_provider_client() without an explicit model when the user
picked their main provider via 'hermes model' and didn't bother
configuring a per-task auxiliary.<task>.model override.  The
expectation in that case is universal: 'use my main model for side
tasks too.'

Before, the OAuth providers (xai-oauth, openai-codex) silently
returned (None, None) on an empty model — both lack a catalog default
because their accepted-model lists drift on the backend.  That caused
_resolve_auto to drop to its Step-2 fallback chain (OpenRouter /
Nous / etc.), so aux tasks billed against the wrong subscription
without warning.

The fix is at the top of resolve_provider_client() — a single
3-step universal fallback that runs before any provider branch, so
no provider-specific empty-model guards are needed (now or for any
future provider we add):

    1. caller-passed model (caller knew what they wanted)
    2. provider's catalog default (cheap aux model, if registered)
    3. user's main model from config.yaml

Behaviour by provider class:

- OAuth providers (xai-oauth, openai-codex) — no catalog default, so
  step 3 applies.  Title gen runs on grok-4.3 / gpt-5.4 against the
  user's actual subscription instead of leaking to OpenRouter.
- API-key providers (anthropic, gemini, kimi-coding, etc.) — catalog
  default wins at step 2, preserving the original 'cheap aux model'
  behaviour.  Anthropic users still get claude-haiku-4-5 for titles,
  not opus.
- Explicit-model callers (auxiliary.<task>.model config, programmatic
  callers) — caller wins at step 1, no surprise switching.

Salvaged from @wysie's PR NousResearch#31845 which fixed the xai-oauth branch
specifically.  The universal shape supersedes the per-branch fix
and covers openai-codex (same bug class) plus any future OAuth
providers.

4 new tests in TestResolveProviderClientUniversalModelFallback:

- empty_model_for_oauth_provider_falls_back_to_main_model
- empty_model_for_codex_also_uses_main_model
- empty_model_for_catalog_provider_uses_catalog_default
- explicit_model_takes_precedence_over_fallbacks

365/365 across tests/agent/test_auxiliary_*, tests/run_agent/test_codex_xai_oauth_recovery.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_auth_xai_oauth_provider.py, and tests/hermes_cli/test_plugin_auxiliary_tasks.py.

Co-authored-by: wysie <wysie@users.noreply.github.com>

#AI commit#
mosaiq-systems pushed a commit to mosaiq-systems/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request May 29, 2026
…arch#31845)

Aux callers (title generation, vision, session search, etc.) can reach
resolve_provider_client() without an explicit model when the user
picked their main provider via 'hermes model' and didn't bother
configuring a per-task auxiliary.<task>.model override.  The
expectation in that case is universal: 'use my main model for side
tasks too.'

Before, the OAuth providers (xai-oauth, openai-codex) silently
returned (None, None) on an empty model — both lack a catalog default
because their accepted-model lists drift on the backend.  That caused
_resolve_auto to drop to its Step-2 fallback chain (OpenRouter /
Nous / etc.), so aux tasks billed against the wrong subscription
without warning.

The fix is at the top of resolve_provider_client() — a single
3-step universal fallback that runs before any provider branch, so
no provider-specific empty-model guards are needed (now or for any
future provider we add):

    1. caller-passed model (caller knew what they wanted)
    2. provider's catalog default (cheap aux model, if registered)
    3. user's main model from config.yaml

Behaviour by provider class:

- OAuth providers (xai-oauth, openai-codex) — no catalog default, so
  step 3 applies.  Title gen runs on grok-4.3 / gpt-5.4 against the
  user's actual subscription instead of leaking to OpenRouter.
- API-key providers (anthropic, gemini, kimi-coding, etc.) — catalog
  default wins at step 2, preserving the original 'cheap aux model'
  behaviour.  Anthropic users still get claude-haiku-4-5 for titles,
  not opus.
- Explicit-model callers (auxiliary.<task>.model config, programmatic
  callers) — caller wins at step 1, no surprise switching.

Salvaged from @wysie's PR NousResearch#31845 which fixed the xai-oauth branch
specifically.  The universal shape supersedes the per-branch fix
and covers openai-codex (same bug class) plus any future OAuth
providers.

4 new tests in TestResolveProviderClientUniversalModelFallback:

- empty_model_for_oauth_provider_falls_back_to_main_model
- empty_model_for_codex_also_uses_main_model
- empty_model_for_catalog_provider_uses_catalog_default
- explicit_model_takes_precedence_over_fallbacks

365/365 across tests/agent/test_auxiliary_*, tests/run_agent/test_codex_xai_oauth_recovery.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_auth_xai_oauth_provider.py, and tests/hermes_cli/test_plugin_auxiliary_tasks.py.

Co-authored-by: wysie <wysie@users.noreply.github.com>
gweeteve pushed a commit to gweeteve/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request Jun 2, 2026
…arch#31845)

Aux callers (title generation, vision, session search, etc.) can reach
resolve_provider_client() without an explicit model when the user
picked their main provider via 'hermes model' and didn't bother
configuring a per-task auxiliary.<task>.model override.  The
expectation in that case is universal: 'use my main model for side
tasks too.'

Before, the OAuth providers (xai-oauth, openai-codex) silently
returned (None, None) on an empty model — both lack a catalog default
because their accepted-model lists drift on the backend.  That caused
_resolve_auto to drop to its Step-2 fallback chain (OpenRouter /
Nous / etc.), so aux tasks billed against the wrong subscription
without warning.

The fix is at the top of resolve_provider_client() — a single
3-step universal fallback that runs before any provider branch, so
no provider-specific empty-model guards are needed (now or for any
future provider we add):

    1. caller-passed model (caller knew what they wanted)
    2. provider's catalog default (cheap aux model, if registered)
    3. user's main model from config.yaml

Behaviour by provider class:

- OAuth providers (xai-oauth, openai-codex) — no catalog default, so
  step 3 applies.  Title gen runs on grok-4.3 / gpt-5.4 against the
  user's actual subscription instead of leaking to OpenRouter.
- API-key providers (anthropic, gemini, kimi-coding, etc.) — catalog
  default wins at step 2, preserving the original 'cheap aux model'
  behaviour.  Anthropic users still get claude-haiku-4-5 for titles,
  not opus.
- Explicit-model callers (auxiliary.<task>.model config, programmatic
  callers) — caller wins at step 1, no surprise switching.

Salvaged from @wysie's PR NousResearch#31845 which fixed the xai-oauth branch
specifically.  The universal shape supersedes the per-branch fix
and covers openai-codex (same bug class) plus any future OAuth
providers.

4 new tests in TestResolveProviderClientUniversalModelFallback:

- empty_model_for_oauth_provider_falls_back_to_main_model
- empty_model_for_codex_also_uses_main_model
- empty_model_for_catalog_provider_uses_catalog_default
- explicit_model_takes_precedence_over_fallbacks

365/365 across tests/agent/test_auxiliary_*, tests/run_agent/test_codex_xai_oauth_recovery.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_auth_xai_oauth_provider.py, and tests/hermes_cli/test_plugin_auxiliary_tasks.py.

Co-authored-by: wysie <wysie@users.noreply.github.com>
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