# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop GitHub auth probe deduplication and timeout fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where GitHub auth probes on Desktop could time out and orphan descendant processes, and could run as duplicates; fixes apply single-flight deduplication, bounding, and ensure refresh returns a fresh result.

## 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 #112284. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #112284 (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-112284`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #111509: Desktop gh auth timeout can orphan wrapper descendants and duplicate probes

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#112284: fix(web): Desktop gh auth probe kills its wrapper's descendants on timeout, runs single-flight, and refresh returns a fresh answer (#111509, salvage #111513)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/web_routers/git.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server_git.py`
- **#111513: fix(web): bound and deduplicate gh auth probes**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `8017dfa4a8`, `#112284`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #112284 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-16`.