# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop OIDC sign-in via system browser for passkeys

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a limitation where desktop app WebViews block WebAuthn/passkey/Touch ID prompts during OIDC login, proposing a system-browser-based flow with PKCE (RFC 8252) as the solution.

## 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 #67920. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #67920 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `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

- #42448: \[Feature\]: Hermes Desktop OIDC Login window fails to trigger WebAuthn / Passkey / Touch ID popups

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#67920: feat(dashboard-auth): RFC 8252 native desktop sign-in (system browser + PKCE, no webview/cookies)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/native-auth-decisions.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/native-auth-decisions.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/native-oauth-login.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/native-oauth-login.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/native-oauth.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/native-oauth.ts`, `hermes_cli/dashboard_auth/audit.py`, `hermes_cli/dashboard_auth/middleware.py`, `hermes_cli/dashboard_auth/native_flow.py`, `hermes_cli/dashboard_auth/routes.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_dashboard_auth_native_flow.py`, `web/src/lib/api.ts`, `website/docs/guides/desktop-native-signin.md`
- **#46554: feat(desktop): system-browser OIDC sign-in (passkeys / WebAuthn / Touch ID)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `4d23b2238`, `#67920`, `#42448`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #67920 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-22`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`