# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Device OAuth flow missing offline_access scope

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #128199: Device OAuth flow never requests offline_access, so refresh-token-gated servers re-prompt every token lifetime
- PR #128201: fix(mcp): request offline_access in the device OAuth flow when the server advertises it
- PR #133651: fix(mcp): device-flow login keeps a refresh token on offline_access servers (#128199, salvage #128201)

These items concern the device OAuth flow not requesting the offline_access scope, causing repeated re-authentication prompts on servers that require it for refresh tokens. A fix is proposed to request offline_access when the server advertises support for it.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `1.00`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #128199: Device OAuth flow never requests offline_access, so refresh-token-gated servers re-prompt every token lifetime

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#128201: fix(mcp): request offline_access in the device OAuth flow when the server advertises it**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#133651`, `#133651`
  - files: `evals/mcp_device_flow.py`, `tests/tools/test_mcp_device_flow.py`, `tools/mcp_oauth_device.py`
- **#133651: fix(mcp): device-flow login keeps a refresh token on offline_access servers (#128199, salvage #128201)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `dbb70b9f2380652d471e89b9f055450173c93eaf`
  - files: `evals/mcp_device_flow.py`, `tests/tools/test_mcp_device_flow.py`, `tools/mcp_oauth_device.py`, `website/docs/reference/mcp-config-reference.md`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `mcp`