# NousResearch/hermes-agent · A2A audit logging for rejected 401/403 requests

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #81003: A2A gateway: rejected requests (401/403) never reach a2a_audit.jsonl
- PR #81042: fix(a2a): log rejected 401/403 requests to a2a_audit.jsonl (#81003)

These items concern a gap where rejected inbound A2A requests (401/403 responses) are not being written to the a2a_audit.jsonl log. The group includes a bug report and two related fix attempts addressing this audit coverage issue.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #81003: A2A gateway: rejected requests (401/403) never reach a2a_audit.jsonl

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#81042: fix(a2a): log rejected 401/403 requests to a2a_audit.jsonl (#81003)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `bd77ddf6e827c38e76fb9dc7c444496aaeed623b`, `#81219`, `#81003`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/a2a/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/a2a/security.py`, `tests/plugins/test_a2a_plugin.py`
- **#81219: fix(a2a): audit rejected inbound requests to a2a_audit.jsonl**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#81042`, `#81003`

## Fix status

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