# NousResearch/hermes-agent · MCP HTTP OAuth reconnect loop after keepalive failure

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #77765: MCP HTTP+OAuth server stuck in reconnect timeouts forever after keepalive failure (only in long-lived gateway; fresh process connects fine)
- PR #77785: fix(mcp): bound HTTP reconnect loop after keepalive failure (#77765)
- PR #79134: fix(mcp): rebuild OAuth provider bound to a stopped event loop

These members concern a bug where the MCP HTTP+OAuth client enters an unbounded reconnect loop following a keepalive failure, particularly in long-lived gateway processes. Related fixes address bounding the reconnect loop and rebuilding the OAuth provider when bound to a stopped event loop.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #77765: MCP HTTP+OAuth server stuck in reconnect timeouts forever after keepalive failure (only in long-lived gateway; fresh process connects fine)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#77785: fix(mcp): bound HTTP reconnect loop after keepalive failure (#77765)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_mcp_parked_probe_bounded.py`, `tools/mcp_tool.py`
- **#79134: fix(mcp): rebuild OAuth provider bound to a stopped event loop**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `53bdbd30804de5760370b2faa12c7d738b2dc2ce`, `#77765`, `#77785`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_mcp_oauth_manager.py`, `tools/mcp_oauth_manager.py`

## Fix status

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