# NousResearch/hermes-agent · MCP dashboard OAuth flow ending causes server parking

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where an ended or expired dashboard OAuth flow causes the MCP server to be permanently parked rather than retrying or re-minting the OAuth attempt. The work focuses on correctly classifying and handling the ended OAuth flow state.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #117060. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #117060 (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-117060`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #114739: \[Bug\]: RuntimeError('OAuth flow already ended') in mcp_dashboard_oauth.publish_authorization_url parks an OAuth MCP server permanently

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117060: fix(mcp): an expired dashboard OAuth attempt is re-minted on retry instead of parking the MCP server (#114739, salvage #114913)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/web_routers/mcp.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_mcp_dashboard_oauth.py`, `tests/tools/test_mcp_dashboard_oauth.py`, `tools/mcp_dashboard_oauth.py`, `tui_gateway/mcp_oauth_sessions.py`
- **#114763: fix(mcp): classify an ended dashboard OAuth flow as a permanent auth failure**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `1d0c580619af`, `#117060`, `#114739`, `#114913`
- **#114913: fix(mcp): an ended dashboard OAuth flow is re-minted for the retry instead of parking the server**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `1d0c580619af`, `#117060`, `#114739`, `#114913`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #117060 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.