OAuth manual paste fallback for remote console environments
NousResearch/hermes-agent · cluster 26923 · hermes cli
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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #28358. Check it covers your case.
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These issues and PRs address OAuth loopback redirect failures in remote or browser-based environments (e.g., GCP, Codespaces) where 127.0.0.1 is unreachable. They propose and implement a manual paste fallback for xAI and Google Gemini CLI OAuth flows.
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#28358 feat(oauth): add --manual-paste fallback for browser-only remote consoles (closes #26923)
files:
hermes_cli/auth.py,hermes_cli/auth_commands.py,hermes_cli/main.py,tests/hermes_cli/test_auth_manual_paste.py,website/docs/guides/oauth-over-ssh.md,website/docs/guides/xai-grok-oauth.md -
#33880 fix(xai-oauth): accept bare-code manual paste (state=None) (#26923)
files:
hermes_cli/auth.py,tests/hermes_cli/test_auth_manual_paste.pyShow the diff
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hermes_cli/auth.py@@ -3181,6 +3181,9 @@ def _prompt_manual_callback_paste(redirect_uri: str) -> dict: print("not on your laptop) — that is expected. Copy the FULL URL") print("from your browser's address bar of that failed page and paste") print("it below. A bare '?code=...&state=...' fragment also works.") + print("If the consent page shows the authorization code in-page") + print("(xAI's current behavior) rather than redirecting, paste the") + print("bare code value on its own.") print("───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────") try: raw = input("Callback URL: ") @@ -6965,7 +6968,21 @@ def _stdin_supports_manual_paste() -> bool: provider="xai-oauth", code="xai_authorization_failed", ) - if callback.get("state") != state: + callback_state = callback.get("state") + # Manual-paste bare-code path: when a user pastes only the opaque + # authorization code (no ``code=``/``state=`` query parameters), + # ``_parse_pasted_callback`` returns ``state=None``. xAI's consent + # page renders the code in-page rather than redirecting through the + # 127.0.0.1 callback, so on many remote setups (Cloud Shell, headless + # VPS, container consoles) the bare code is the only thing the user + # can obtain. PKCE (code_verifier) still binds the exchange to this + # client, so the local state-equality check is redundant on the + # bare-code path — we substitute the locally generated state to keep + # the rest of the validation chain (and the token exchange) unchanged. + # See #26923 (AccursedGalaxy comment, 2026-05-20). + if callback_state is None and manual_paste: + callback_state = state + if callback_state != state: raise AuthError( "xAI authorization failed: state mismatch.", provider="xai-oauth", -
tests/hermes_cli/test_auth_manual_paste.py@@ -330,6 +330,107 @@ def test_xai_loopback_login_manual_paste_state_mismatch_raises(monkeypatch): assert exc.value.code == "xai_state_mismatch" +def test_xai_loopback_login_manual_paste_bare_code_succeeds(monkeypatch): + """Bare-code paste (state=None) must complete login under manual_paste. + + xAI's consent page renders the authorization code in-page rather than + redirecting through 127.0.0.1, so on remote/headless setups the only + value the user can obtain is the opaque code with no ``state=`` + parameter. ``_parse_pasted_callback`` correctly returns + ``state=None`` for that input. The login flow must accept this case + (PKCE still protects the exchange); historically it raised + ``xai_state_mismatch``. Regression for the bare-code branch of #26923. + """ + monkeypatch.setattr( + auth_mod, "_xai_oauth_discovery", + lambda *_a, **_k: { + "authorization_endpoint": "https://auth.x.ai/oauth2/authorize", + "token_endpoint": "https://auth.x.ai/oauth2/token", + }, + ) + monkeypatch.setattr( + auth_mod, "_prompt_manual_callback_paste", + lambda _ru: { + "code": "bare-opaque-code", + "state": None, + "error": None, + "error_description": None, + }, + ) + + def _fake_token_post(*_a, **_k): + return _StubTokenResponse( + { + "access_token": "at", + "refresh_token": "rt", + "id_token": "", + "expires_in": 3600, + "token_type": "Bearer", + } + ) + + monkeypatch.setattr(auth_mod.httpx, "post", _fake_token_post) + + with contextlib.redirect_stdout(io.StringIO()): + creds = auth_mod._xai_oauth_loopback_login(manual_paste=True) + + assert creds["tokens"]["access_token"] == "at" + assert creds["tokens"]["refresh_token"] == "rt" + + +def test_xai_loopback_login_loopback_path_rejects_missing_state(monkeypatch): + """Loopback (manual_paste=False) must NOT accept ``state=None``. + + The bare-code relaxation only applies to the manual-paste path, + where the user demonstrably has no way to supply ``state``. The + HTTP-server path always sees ``state`` populated from the real + callback query string, so missing state there means something is + wrong (a malformed callback, an attacker-supplied request) and + must still raise ``xai_state_mismatch``. + """ + monkeypatch.setattr( + auth_mod, "_xai_oauth_discovery", + lambda *_a, **_k: { + "authorization_endpoint": "https://auth.x.ai/oauth2/authorize", + "token_endpoint": "https://auth.x.ai/oauth2/token", + }, + ) + + class _StubServer: + def shutdown(self): + return None + + def server_close(self): + return None + + monkeypatch.setattr( + auth_mod, "_xai_start_callback_server", + lambda *_a, **_k: ( + _StubServer(), + None, + {"code": "fake", "state": None, "error": None, + "error_description": None}, + "http://127.0.0.1:56121/callback", + ), + ) + monkeypatch.setattr( + auth_mod, "_xai_wait_for_callback", + lambda *_a, **_k: { + "code": "fake", + "state": None, + "error": None, + "error_description": None, + }, + ) + monkeypatch.setattr(auth_mod, "_xai_validate_loopback_redirect_uri", lambda _u: None) + monkeypatch.setattr(auth_mod, "_print_loopback_ssh_hint", lambda *_a, **_k: None) + + with contextlib.redirect_stdout(io.StringIO()): + with pytest.raises(auth_mod.AuthError) as exc: + auth_mod._xai_oauth_loopback_login(manual_paste=False, open_browser=False) + assert exc.value.code == "xai_state_mismatch" + + def test_xai_loopback_login_manual_paste_missing_code_raises(monkeypatch): """Empty paste must surface as ``xai_code_missing``, not crash.""" monkeypatch.setattr(
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