# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop SSH auth token and 401 loop fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a recurring 401 authentication loop in the Desktop-over-SSH flow, involving snapshot freezing during mount and incorrect token handling during session handshake. The work centers on ensuring the live session token is served correctly on profile refresh.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #103454: Desktop SSH backend returns 401 on first clean profile refresh

## 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`
- **#103461: fix(dashboard): stop mount_spa from freezing a pre-SSH-token snapshot**. 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  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `d77a62e840`, `#102930`, `#102931`, `#103614`, `#102948`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`.