`detect_static_provider_for_model` handles a bare provider name typed as a
model (e.g. `/model nous`) by returning `_PROVIDER_MODELS[provider][0]` — the
first curated entry. For metered aggregators whose curated list is ordered
most-capable-first (Nous Portal), entry [0] is the priciest flagship, so
`/model nous` silently switched to it.
This is exactly the billing footgun `_PROVIDER_SILENT_DEFAULT_OVERRIDES` /
`get_default_model_for_provider` exist to prevent (per their docstring, a
missing model "escalated to Opus and billed 863 requests before the user
noticed"). The non-interactive fallback already routes through that cost-safe
helper; the interactive `/model <provider>` path did not.
Route this path through `get_default_model_for_provider` too. Providers
without a silent-default override are unchanged (the helper returns
`models[0]`), so only overridden providers (currently `nous`) change — from
the flagship to the low-cost default.
Adds regression tests: `/model nous` resolves to the cost-safe default, and
non-overridden providers still resolve to their first catalog model.
When a user starts a chat without ever selecting a model (GUI Chat App
onboarding, provider-set-but-model-missing config, empty model.default),
every silent fallback path resolved to the first curated catalog entry —
anthropic/claude-fable-5, the priciest flagship. Users were silently
billed for the most expensive model without opting in.
- hermes_cli/models.py: add PREFERRED_SILENT_DEFAULT_MODEL (z-ai/glm-5.2)
+ pick_silent_default_model() helper; point the nous silent-default
override at it and add an openrouter override (previously resolved to
"" and let downstream paths land on the flagship).
- hermes_cli/web_server.py: /api/model/recommended-default (the endpoint
the Desktop onboarding confirm card reads) now picks GLM-5.2 when the
provider's list carries it instead of blindly taking entry [0].
- tui_gateway/server.py: _resolve_model()'s last-resort literal was
anthropic/claude-sonnet-4; now PREFERRED_SILENT_DEFAULT_MODEL.
- tests: update empty-model fallback tests for the new contract.
Assert get_default_model_for_provider("nous") never returns the priciest
catalog entry (anthropic/claude-opus-4.8) and that an override pointing at a
model absent from the catalog falls back to catalog order. Regression for the
silent flagship-billing footgun.
Remove unused imports (F401) and duplicate/shadowed import
redefinitions (F811) across the codebase using ruff's safe
autofixes. No behavioral changes -- imports only.
- ~1400 safe autofixes applied across 644 files (net -1072 lines)
- __init__.py re-exports preserved (excluded from F401 removal so
public re-export surfaces stay intact)
- Re-exports that are imported or monkeypatched by tests but look
unused in their defining module are kept with explicit # noqa:
F401 (gateway/run.py load_dotenv; run_agent re-exports from
agent.message_sanitization, agent.context_compressor,
agent.retry_utils, agent.prompt_builder, agent.process_bootstrap,
agent.codex_responses_adapter)
- Unsafe F841 (unused-variable) fixes deliberately skipped -- those
can change behavior when the RHS has side effects
- ruff lints remain disabled in pyproject.toml (only PLW1514 is
selected); this is a one-time cleanup, not a config change
Verification:
- python -m compileall: clean
- pytest --collect-only: all 27161 tests collect (zero import errors)
- core entry points import clean (run_agent, model_tools, cli,
toolsets, hermes_state, batch_runner, gateway)
- static scan: every name any test imports directly from an edited
module still resolves
When a user configures a provider (e.g. `hermes auth add openai-codex`)
but never selects a model via `hermes model`, the gateway and CLI would
pass an empty model string to the API, causing:
'Codex Responses request model must be a non-empty string'
Now both gateway (_resolve_session_agent_runtime) and CLI
(_ensure_runtime_credentials) detect an empty model and fill it from
the provider's first catalog entry in _PROVIDER_MODELS. This covers
all providers that have a static model list (openai-codex, anthropic,
gemini, copilot, etc.).
The fix is conservative: it only triggers when model is truly empty
and a known provider was resolved. Explicit model choices are never
overridden.
