# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Dashboard auth gate test isolation and state leak

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was identified where auth gate state leaked between tests in test_dashboard_auth_gate.py, causing failures depending on test execution order. Related work addresses isolating this state to prevent cross-test contamination.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #70017: \[Bug\]: test_dashboard_auth_gate.py leaks state -- test_dashboard_auth_password_login fails when run after it, passes alone

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#70112: test(dashboard): isolate auth gate state between tests**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#70017`
- **#70471: fix(tests): prevent auth_gate.py from leaking state to subsequent test files (#70017)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

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