# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Nous Portal URL validation and stale domain fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where auth token refresh used a stale api.nousresearch.com domain, and add URL validation against an allowlist to prevent DNS errors. The work involves migrating to portal.nousresearch.com and validating portal_base_url across refresh sites.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #44710: \[Bug\]: Auth token refresh uses non-existent api.nousresearch.com instead of portal.nousresearch.com

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#44747: fix(auth): validate portal_base_url and migrate stale api.nousresearch.com (#44710)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#50274`
- **#44969: fix(auth): validate Nous Portal URL to prevent DNS errors with stale api.nousresearch.com**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#44747`
- **#45544: fix(auth): validate Nous Portal URL against host allowlist**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#44747`

## Fix status

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