# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop MCP OAuth callback routing fix

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #104728: fix(desktop): relay MCP OAuth through client-local callbacks

These items concern a bug where Desktop Skills MCP OAuth sign-in bypasses the client relay and registers an invalid remote HTTP callback. The work involves routing MCP OAuth through local client callbacks instead.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #104990. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #104990 (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-104990`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `1.00`: 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

- #104391: Desktop Skills → MCP OAuth bypasses the client relay and registers an invalid remote HTTP callback

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#104990: fix(desktop): Skills MCP sign-in uses the local callback (#104391, salvage #104728)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/api/mcp.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/skills/mcp-tab.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/mcp-setup-tool.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/mcp-dashboard-oauth.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/mcp-dashboard-oauth.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/mcp-setup.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/sdk/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/suggestion-providers/mcp.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/suggestion-providers/repair.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `evals/desktop_mcp_oauth/README.md`, `evals/desktop_mcp_oauth/backend_http_fixture.py`, `evals/desktop_mcp_oauth/renderer_lifecycle.mjs`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_mcp_oauth_cancel.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_mcp_oauth_client_callback.py`, `tui_gateway/mcp_oauth_sessions.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_tools.py`, `website/docs/guides/oauth-over-ssh.md`
- **#104728: fix(desktop): relay MCP OAuth through client-local callbacks**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#105895`, `#111628`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/api/mcp.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/skills/mcp-tab.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/mcp-setup-tool.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/mcp-dashboard-oauth.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/mcp-dashboard-oauth.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/mcp-setup.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/sdk/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/suggestion-providers/mcp.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/suggestion-providers/repair.ts`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_mcp_oauth_cancel.py`, `tui_gateway/mcp_oauth_sessions.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_tools.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #104990 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-07`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`