# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Vercel edge/WAF blocking auth endpoints and flows

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address Vercel's security checkpoint (WAF/edge rules) returning 403 or 429 responses that break OAuth token, JWKS, and device-code polling endpoints. The work focuses on making authentication survive or recover from non-JSON edge errors without forcing re-login.

## 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 #121488. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #121488 (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-121488`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #120602: \[Bug\]: Portal Vercel Security Checkpoint blocks the OAuth token + JWKS endpoints, breaking every dashboard login (403 deny / 429 challenge)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121488: fix(auth): survive Vercel's edge checkpoint on the Nous token endpoint instead of forcing re-login**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/auth_device_flow.py`, `hermes_cli/auth_nous.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_auth_nous_provider.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_device_poll_waf_backoff.py`
- **#112595: fix(auth): keep device-code polling alive through edge/WAF non-JSON errors**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `9868d9f63f`, `#121488`, `#120602`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #121488 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-24`.