fix: sanitize chat payloads and provider precedence

cli.py

@@ -1151,8 +1151,8 @@ class HermesCLI:
         # Provider selection is resolved lazily at use-time via _ensure_runtime_credentials().
         self.requested_provider = (
             provider
-            or os.getenv("HERMES_INFERENCE_PROVIDER")
             or CLI_CONFIG["model"].get("provider")
+            or os.getenv("HERMES_INFERENCE_PROVIDER")
             or "auto"
         )
         self._provider_source: Optional[str] = None

hermes_cli/main.py

@@ -745,8 +745,8 @@ def cmd_model(args):
         config_provider = model_cfg.get("provider")
 
     effective_provider = (
-        os.getenv("HERMES_INFERENCE_PROVIDER")
-        or config_provider
+        config_provider
+        or os.getenv("HERMES_INFERENCE_PROVIDER")
         or "auto"
     )
     try:

hermes_cli/runtime_provider.py

@@ -33,15 +33,17 @@ def resolve_requested_provider(requested: Optional[str] = None) -> str:
     if requested and requested.strip():
         return requested.strip().lower()
 
-    env_provider = os.getenv("HERMES_INFERENCE_PROVIDER", "").strip().lower()
-    if env_provider:
-        return env_provider
-
     model_cfg = _get_model_config()
     cfg_provider = model_cfg.get("provider")
     if isinstance(cfg_provider, str) and cfg_provider.strip():
         return cfg_provider.strip().lower()
 
+    # Prefer the persisted config selection over any stale shell/.env
+    # provider override so chat uses the endpoint the user last saved.
+    env_provider = os.getenv("HERMES_INFERENCE_PROVIDER", "").strip().lower()
+    if env_provider:
+        return env_provider
+
     return "auto"
 
 

run_agent.py

@@ -2737,6 +2737,21 @@ class AIAgent:
 
             return kwargs
 
+        sanitized_messages = copy.deepcopy(api_messages)
+        for msg in sanitized_messages:
+            if not isinstance(msg, dict):
+                continue
+
+            # Codex-only replay state must not leak into strict chat-completions APIs.
+            msg.pop("codex_reasoning_items", None)
+
+            tool_calls = msg.get("tool_calls")
+            if isinstance(tool_calls, list):
+                for tool_call in tool_calls:
+                    if isinstance(tool_call, dict):
+                        tool_call.pop("call_id", None)
+                        tool_call.pop("response_item_id", None)
+
         provider_preferences = {}
         if self.providers_allowed:
             provider_preferences["only"] = self.providers_allowed
@@ -2753,7 +2768,7 @@ class AIAgent:
 
         api_kwargs = {
             "model": self.model,
-            "messages": api_messages,
+            "messages": sanitized_messages,
             "tools": self.tools if self.tools else None,
             "timeout": float(os.getenv("HERMES_API_TIMEOUT", 900.0)),
         }

tests/test_batch_runner_checkpoint.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import json
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
-from multiprocessing import Lock
+from threading import Lock
 from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock
 
 import pytest

tests/test_cli_provider_resolution.py

@@ -162,6 +162,22 @@ def test_runtime_resolution_rebuilds_agent_on_routing_change(monkeypatch):
     assert shell.api_mode == "codex_responses"
 
 
+def test_cli_prefers_config_provider_over_stale_env_override(monkeypatch):
+    cli = _import_cli()
+
+    monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_INFERENCE_PROVIDER", "openrouter")
+    config_copy = dict(cli.CLI_CONFIG)
+    model_copy = dict(config_copy.get("model", {}))
+    model_copy["provider"] = "custom"
+    model_copy["base_url"] = "https://api.fireworks.ai/inference/v1"
+    config_copy["model"] = model_copy
+    monkeypatch.setattr(cli, "CLI_CONFIG", config_copy)
+
+    shell = cli.HermesCLI(model="fireworks/minimax-m2p5", compact=True, max_turns=1)
+
+    assert shell.requested_provider == "custom"
+
+
 def test_codex_provider_replaces_incompatible_default_model(monkeypatch):
     """When provider resolves to openai-codex and no model was explicitly
     chosen, the global config default (e.g. anthropic/claude-opus-4.6) must
@@ -310,4 +326,4 @@ def test_cmd_model_falls_back_to_auto_on_invalid_provider(monkeypatch, capsys):
 
     assert "Warning:" in output
     assert "falling back to auto provider detection" in output.lower()
-    assert "No change." in output
+    assert "No change." in output

tests/test_provider_parity.py

@@ -95,6 +95,47 @@ class TestBuildApiKwargsOpenRouter:
         assert "instructions" not in kwargs
         assert "store" not in kwargs
 
+    def test_strips_codex_only_tool_call_fields_from_chat_messages(self, monkeypatch):
+        agent = _make_agent(monkeypatch, "openrouter")
+        messages = [
+            {"role": "user", "content": "hi"},
+            {
+                "role": "assistant",
+                "content": "Checking now.",
+                "codex_reasoning_items": [
+                    {"type": "reasoning", "id": "rs_1", "encrypted_content": "blob"},
+                ],
+                "tool_calls": [
+                    {
+                        "id": "call_123",
+                        "call_id": "call_123",
+                        "response_item_id": "fc_123",
+                        "type": "function",
+                        "function": {"name": "terminal", "arguments": "{\"command\":\"pwd\"}"},
+                        "extra_content": {"thought_signature": "opaque"},
+                    }
+                ],
+            },
+            {"role": "tool", "tool_call_id": "call_123", "content": "/tmp"},
+        ]
+
+        kwargs = agent._build_api_kwargs(messages)
+
+        assistant_msg = kwargs["messages"][1]
+        tool_call = assistant_msg["tool_calls"][0]
+
+        assert "codex_reasoning_items" not in assistant_msg
+        assert tool_call["id"] == "call_123"
+        assert tool_call["function"]["name"] == "terminal"
+        assert tool_call["extra_content"] == {"thought_signature": "opaque"}
+        assert "call_id" not in tool_call
+        assert "response_item_id" not in tool_call
+
+        # Original stored history must remain unchanged for Responses replay mode.
+        assert messages[1]["tool_calls"][0]["call_id"] == "call_123"
+        assert messages[1]["tool_calls"][0]["response_item_id"] == "fc_123"
+        assert "codex_reasoning_items" in messages[1]
+
 
 class TestBuildApiKwargsNousPortal:
     def test_includes_nous_product_tags(self, monkeypatch):

tests/test_runtime_provider_resolution.py

@@ -181,3 +181,10 @@ def test_resolve_requested_provider_precedence(monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_INFERENCE_PROVIDER", "nous")
     monkeypatch.setattr(rp, "_get_model_config", lambda: {"provider": "openai-codex"})
     assert rp.resolve_requested_provider("openrouter") == "openrouter"
+    assert rp.resolve_requested_provider() == "openai-codex"
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(rp, "_get_model_config", lambda: {})
+    assert rp.resolve_requested_provider() == "nous"
+
+    monkeypatch.delenv("HERMES_INFERENCE_PROVIDER", raising=False)
+    assert rp.resolve_requested_provider() == "auto"