# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Codex refresh token adoption and rotation bug

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the Codex auth pool replays a consumed refresh token and becomes permanently broken, plus a fix to adopt a new refresh token from auth.json even when no access token is present.

## 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 #77028. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #77028 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-77028`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #70097: \[Bug\]: openai-codex pool replays a consumed (rotated) refresh_token and goes terminally DEAD despite adoptable fresh tokens; 'auth refreshed after 401' logged when refresh failed

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#77028: fix(codex): adopt refresh_token from auth.json even without access_token**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/credential_pool.py`, `run_agent.py`
- **#70111: fix(codex): adopt refresh_token from auth.json even without access_token (#70097)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#77028`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #77028 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-02`.
- Subsystem: `agent`