# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop expired OAuth session flicker and error handling

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address flickering or repeated display of the sign-in/recovery overlay when a remote OAuth session expires, and related work to distinguish transport failure types in WebSocket ticket minting. All members concern desktop-side handling of expired or \`failed\` remote authentication states.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #107990. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #107990 (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-107990`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #95701: fix(desktop): expired remote auth flickers recovery UI during boot retries

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#107990: Desktop: an expired remote OAuth session no longer flickers the Sign-in overlay (#95701, salvage #95716)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/api-transport.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/api-transport.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/backend-health.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/backend-health.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/backend-start-failure.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/backend-start-failure.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/connection-config.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/connection-config.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/gateway-file-download-transport.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/native-auth-decisions.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/native-auth-decisions.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/remote-reauth-latch.test.ts`
- **#95716: fix(desktop): latch an expired remote OAuth session on the first confirmed 401 instead of flickering the Sign in overlay (#95701)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `4f137c73fc`, `eb8ff86ae5`, `#107990`, `#95701`
- **#128297: fix(desktop): distinguish transport failure classes in WS-ticket mint copy**. merged to main
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/connection-config.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/remote-oauth-ticket.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/remote-oauth-ticket.ts`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #107990 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-11`.