# NousResearch/hermes-agent · xAI OAuth token ownership and stale writer fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #77553: \[Bug\]: one stale gateway can revoke a shared rotating xAI OAuth lineage after mixed-version fleet rollout
- PR #77634: fix(auth): fence stale xAI refresh writers against shared token revocation (#77553)
- PR #77859: fix(oauth): enforce external ownership for xAI refresh tokens

These members address bugs and fixes related to enforcing external ownership of xAI refresh tokens and preventing stale gateway instances from revoking shared rotating OAuth token lineages during mixed-version fleet deployments.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Open related issues

- #77553: \[Bug\]: one stale gateway can revoke a shared rotating xAI OAuth lineage after mixed-version fleet rollout

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#77634: fix(auth): fence stale xAI refresh writers against shared token revocation (#77553)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `da3390008043`, `#77553`, `#77634`, `#374151`
  - files: `hermes_cli/auth.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_xai_oauth_stale_writer_fence.py`
- **#77859: fix(oauth): enforce external ownership for xAI refresh tokens**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `agent/credential_pool.py`, `hermes_cli/auth.py`, `hermes_cli/auth_commands.py`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_auth_xai_oauth_provider.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server.py`

## Fix status

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