# NousResearch/hermes-agent · MCP disabled servers repeatedly re-authenticated, flooding logs

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #114752: fix(mcp): parked self-probe honours enabled:false and deleted config entries

A bug caused MCP servers configured with enabled:false to be repeatedly re-authenticated and generate excessive error log entries. Multiple fixes address the parked self-probe honouring the disabled state and deleted config entries.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #116712. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116712 (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-116712`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #114738: \[Bug\]: MCP servers with enabled: false keep being re-authenticated every 5 min — ~2,100 warning pairs in 2 days, fills errors.log

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116712: fix(mcp): parked servers stop flooding the error log and honour enabled:false on the self-probe (#115713, #114738, salvage #114752 #115775)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_mcp_failure_classification.py`, `tests/tools/test_mcp_park_log_dedupe.py`, `tests/tools/test_mcp_parked_probe_no_browser.py`, `tests/tools/test_mcp_parked_probe_skips_disabled.py`, `tests/tools/test_mcp_parked_self_probe.py`, `tools/mcp_tool_server_run.py`
- **#114752: fix(mcp): parked self-probe honours enabled:false and deleted config entries**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#114906`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_mcp_failure_classification.py`, `tests/tools/test_mcp_parked_probe_no_browser.py`, `tests/tools/test_mcp_parked_probe_skips_disabled.py`, `tests/tools/test_mcp_parked_self_probe.py`, `tools/mcp_tool_server_run.py`
- **#114906: fix(mcp): a disabled server is no longer re-authenticated by the parked self-probe**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#116712`, `#114738`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116712 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.
- Subsystem: `mcp`