# NousResearch/hermes-agent · MCP OAuth metadata discovery issuer mismatch fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address a bug where OAuth discovery fails due to issuer URL shape mismatches between metadata documents and authorization servers. The fix updates OAuth discovery logic to accept metadata documents that reference the same authorization server in alternate forms.

## 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 #116678. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116678 (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-116678`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #116233: \[Bug\]: Strava catalog connector OAuth issuer mismatch blocks Desktop authentication

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116678: fix(mcp): OAuth discovery accepts an origin-issued metadata document for a path-scoped authorization server (#116233, salvage #116359)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_mcp_oauth_issuer_origin.py`, `tools/mcp_oauth_device.py`, `tools/mcp_oauth_provider.py`, `website/docs/reference/mcp-config-reference.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/mcp.md`
- **#116359: fix(mcp-oauth): accept a metadata document that names the same authorization server in its other shape**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `0818892db3f1`, `#116678`, `#116233`, `#116359`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116678 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.