# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix stale session token causing 401 errors in Dashboard

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where the Dashboard served a stale, import-time copy of the session token instead of the live value, causing repeated 401 errors on authenticated API calls when using SSH session token files. The fix ensures the live token is used for each request.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #103054: Dashboard serves a stale session token after --ssh-session-token-file; Desktop gets 401 on every non-public /api call

## 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`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/web_server_dashboard.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server.py`
- **#103040: fix(dashboard): serve the live session token, not an import-time copy**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `d77a62e840`, `#102930`, `#102931`, `#103614`, `#102948`

## Fix status

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