# NousResearch/hermes-agent · OAuth heal skips symlinked or shared auth.json profiles

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where the OAuth auto-heal process incorrectly deletes credentials when a profile's auth.json is a symlink to or is the root credential store. The fixes prevent the heal from running in those shared-store scenarios.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #101661. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #101661 (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-101661`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #101356: OAuth auto-heal deletes shared credentials when a profile’s auth.json is a symlink

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#101661: fix(auth): skip the forked-grant heal when a profile auth.json is the root store (salvage #101586)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/auth.py`, `tests/agent/test_credential_pool_profile_oauth_fork.py`
- **#101364: fix(auth): never heal a profile store that symlinks to root auth.json**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`
- **#101586: fix(auth): skip OAuth heal when profile auth.json is the root store**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#101661`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #101661 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-02`.