# NousResearch/hermes-agent · OAuth vs basic-auth mismatch copy and docs gaps

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #105632: Docs/UX: remote-gateway OAuth auth-mode against a basic-auth backend loses sign-in on every relaunch; docs omit credential-persistence behavior and the SSH connection alternative
- PR #128519: fix(desktop): name the OAuth/basic-auth mismatch in ticket-failure copy

These items address unclear error messaging and missing documentation around a remote-gateway scenario where an OAuth auth-mode conflicts with a basic-auth backend, causing repeated sign-in loss. The work covers renaming or clarifying the mismatch in UI copy and documenting credential-persistence behavior and SSH alternatives.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #105632: Docs/UX: remote-gateway OAuth auth-mode against a basic-auth backend loses sign-in on every relaunch; docs omit credential-persistence behavior and the SSH connection alternative

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#105654: fix(desktop): name the OAuth/basic-auth mismatch instead of pointing back at Sign in**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#128519: fix(desktop): name the OAuth/basic-auth mismatch in ticket-failure copy**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/native-auth-decisions.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/native-auth-decisions.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/remote-oauth-ticket.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/remote-oauth-ticket.ts`, `website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`