# NousResearch/hermes-agent · MCP OAuth start_flow error misreported as timeout

## Open now

- 0 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #105254: fix(gateway): surface real MCP OAuth start_flow() errors instead of blanket timeout
- PR #105278: fix(tui): preserve MCP OAuth startup errors

These issues and PRs address a bug where real errors from MCP OAuth start_flow() are incorrectly surfaced as timeout errors. The work focuses on preserving and accurately reporting the underlying error instead of masking it with a generic timeout message.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #105251: tui_gateway: MCP OAuth start_flow() mislabels real errors as "Timed out"

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#105253: Fix: MCP OAuth start_flow mislabels real errors as timeout**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#105254: fix(gateway): surface real MCP OAuth start_flow() errors instead of blanket timeout**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#105253`, `#105251`
  - files: `tests/tui_gateway/test_mcp_oauth_start_flow_errors.py`, `tui_gateway/mcp_oauth_sessions.py`
- **#105278: fix(tui): preserve MCP OAuth startup errors**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `7f9164dd24`
  - files: `tests/tui_gateway/test_mcp_oauth_client_callback.py`, `tui_gateway/mcp_oauth_sessions.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `mcp`