Remote media auth token delivery for desktop streaming
Cluster 80577 · apps/desktop. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #86836 on 15 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.
The short answer
- Known?
- Yes. 4 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
- Fix event
- A fix was merged to main in PR #86836. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
- The maintainers' tracker marks this
resolved, deciding PR #86836. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
These members address a gap where desktop clients cannot authenticate media element requests for remote or OAuth-gated content, specifically around passing credentials (such as a ?token= query parameter or Bearer headers) to audio/video streams outside the loophole-only context.
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#86836 fix(desktop): stream remote media without renderer credentials (salvage #83347)
files:
apps/desktop/electron/main.ts,apps/desktop/electron/media-protocol.test.ts,apps/desktop/electron/media-protocol.ts,apps/desktop/src/lib/media.remote.test.ts,apps/desktop/src/lib/media.ts,hermes_cli/web_server.py,tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server_files.py
2 PRs closed without merging
From the close comments: merged via another change 1 · superseded by another PR 1
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#80577[Bug]: Desktop remote OAuth/gated mode — inline audio/video never plays (`?token=` auth seam is loopback-only; media elements can't send Bearer/cookie)
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Pairwise link density
0.50: the share of item pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36.1.00means every pair is linked.
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- Subsystem
- apps/desktop
- Merged PRs
- #86836
- Closed issues
- 1
- Attempts
- 2 PRs closed without merging
- Fix link checked
- 15 Aug 2026