# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop client loops on reconnect after token expiry

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #100530: Desktop client loops forever on "connecting" after dashboard restart — never surfaces "Paste session token"
- PR #107992: Desktop: a rotated remote session token asks for a new token instead of connecting forever (#100530, supersedes #100629)

The desktop client enters an infinite 'connecting' loop instead of prompting for a new session token when a 401/4401 error occurs after a dashboard restart or token rotation. A fix targets this reconnect loop behavior.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #100530: Desktop client loops forever on "connecting" after dashboard restart — never surfaces "Paste session token"

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#100629: fix(desktop): stop token reconnect looping on 401/4401**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
- **#107992: Desktop: a rotated remote session token asks for a new token instead of connecting forever (#100530, supersedes #100629)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/backend-health.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/backend-health.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/boot-failure-reauth.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/boot-failure-reauth.ts`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`