# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Catalog stars probe 401 failure and ranking staleness

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a recurring 401 authentication error in the catalog stars probe that has left many repositories unranked, and a related fix to preserve existing star ranking data when the probe fails.

## 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 #118843. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #118843 (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-118843`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #118113: docs(catalog): plugin star ranking is frozen — the scheduled stars probe has failed with 401 since 2026-09-18 (114/213 repos unranked)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#118843: config.yaml quoted-string lists are flagged by doctor/startup and no longer written by config set; catalog stars probe re-mints its App token (#83308 #105706 #118113)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `.github/workflows/skills-index.yml`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_config_set_list_values.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_config_validation.py`, `tests/website/test_fetch_plugin_stars.py`, `website/docs/reference/cli-commands.md`, `website/scripts/fetch-plugin-stars.py`
- **#118129: fix(catalog): preserve star ranking freshness on probe failure**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `c3021aff0dc`, `#118843`, `#118113`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #118843 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-22`.