# NousResearch/hermes-agent · SSH session token served stale, causing 401 loops

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Multiple fixes address a bug where the served SSH session token was captured at import time rather than read live, causing repeated 401 errors on API calls in Desktop-over-SSH and headless modes. The fixes late-bind or refresh the token so the current value is always served.

## TL;DR

- 7 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 5 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #103614. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #103614 (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-103614`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.29`: 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

- #102930: Desktop SSH mode: 401 on every API call since d3630f8532 — served session token is an import-time snapshot, not the --ssh-session-token-file token

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#103614: fix(dashboard): Desktop-over-SSH handshake serves the live session token, ending the 401 loop (#102930, salvage #102948)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/web_server_dashboard.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server.py`
- **#102948: fix(desktop): serve the current SSH session token**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#103614`, `#102930`
- **#102954: fix(dashboard): late-bind served SSH session token**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `d77a62e840`, `#102930`, `#102931`, `#103614`, `#102948`
- **#102985: fix(web): serve the live session token on the headless handshake page**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `d77a62e840`, `#102930`, `#102931`, `#103614`, `#102948`
- **#103338: fix(dashboard): serve live SSH session token in mount_spa**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `d77a62e840`, `#102930`, `#102931`, `#103614`, `#102948`
- **#103514: fix(dashboard): serve live session token after SSH credential rotation**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #103614 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-05`.