# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Remote media auth token delivery for desktop streaming

## Open now

- 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.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #86836. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #86836 (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-86836`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #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)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86836: fix(desktop): stream remote media without renderer credentials (salvage #83347)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - 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`
- **#80605: fix(auth): support ?token= query parameter for remote media downloads**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86836`, `#83347`, `#80577`
- **#83347: fix(desktop): stream remote media without renderer credentials**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86836`, `#80577`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #86836 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-15`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`