# NousResearch/hermes-agent · RFC 8628 device-code OAuth flow for MCP servers

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members all concern adding RFC 8628 device authorization grant (device-code flow) support to MCP OAuth login. The work covers the feature request, implementation, and a related authorization change.

## 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 #104891. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #104891 (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-104891`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #104742: \[Feature\] Add RFC 8628 device-code flow support for MCP OAuth

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#104891: feat: authorize MCP servers with device codes (#104742)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `evals/mcp_device_flow.py`, `hermes_cli/mcp_config.py`, `hermes_cli/subcommands/mcp.py`, `tests/tools/test_mcp_device_flow.py`, `tests/tools/test_mcp_oauth.py`, `tools/mcp_oauth.py`, `tools/mcp_oauth_device.py`, `tools/mcp_oauth_provider.py`, `website/docs/reference/mcp-config-reference.md`
- **#104752: feat: RFC 8628 device-code flow for MCP OAuth login**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `f5afe8bd40`, `965f18b02f`, `f94307a7f7`, `#104742`, `#104891`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #104891 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-07`.