# NousResearch/hermes-agent · dashboard_auth provider registry lost on plugin reload

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug causes the dashboard_auth provider registry to be cleared when plugins are reloaded or re-discovered at runtime, permanently breaking authentication. Two fixes address keeping the registry alive across plugin-manager unloads and preventing sign-in failures triggered by Desktop re-discovery.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #93271. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #93271 (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-93271`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #91701: \[Bug\]: dashboard_auth provider registry is emptied at runtime, permanently disabling authentication (0.20.4)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#93271: fix(dashboard-auth): sign-in no longer dies when Desktop triggers a plugin re-discovery (#91701, salvage #91741)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/dashboard_auth/registry.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_dashboard_auth_plugin_hook.py`
- **#91741: fix(dashboard-auth): keep the provider registry alive across per-home plugin-manager unloads**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#93271`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #93271 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-23`.
- Subsystem: `dashboard`