# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop remote gateway custom header auth support

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern adding support for custom HTTP headers in desktop remote gateway mode, specifically to enable authentication through proxies like Cloudflare Access. The work appears to involve salvaging or iterating on prior attempts at this feature.

## 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 #88074. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #88074 (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-88074`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #74466: Desktop remote mode cannot authenticate through Cloudflare Access headers

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#88074: feat(desktop): remote gateway headers for access proxies (Cloudflare Access) — salvage #74468**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/README.md`, `apps/desktop/electron/connection-config.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/connection-config.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/connection-registry.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/connection-registry.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/gateway-ws-probe.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/gateway-ws-probe.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/connections-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/global.d.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `contributors/emails/50810385+tigercraft4@users.noreply.github.com`
- **#74468: feat(desktop): support remote gateway headers**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#88074`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #88074 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-17`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`