# NousResearch/hermes-agent · MCP OAuth re-auth error propagation fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where MCP OAuth re-authentication failures were obscured by a misleading 'callback did not include an authorization code' error, hiding the real cause. These items address propagating the actual OAuth error to the caller in both desktop and dashboard flows.

## 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 #114762. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114762 (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-114762`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #114727: \[Bug\]: Desktop MCP re-auth fails with "OAuth callback did not include an authorization code" and hides the real cause (no browser page opened)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114762: fix(mcp): Desktop and dashboard MCP re-auth show the real OAuth failure instead of 'callback did not include an authorization code' (#114727, salvage #114734)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/web_routers/mcp.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server_mcp.py`, `tests/tools/test_mcp_dashboard_oauth.py`, `tools/mcp_dashboard_oauth.py`, `tui_gateway/mcp_oauth_sessions.py`
- **#114734: fix(mcp): propagate dashboard OAuth flow errors to the callback waiter**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `a764a5442dea`, `#114762`, `#114727`, `#114734`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114762 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.