# NousResearch/hermes-agent · OAuth PKCE/authorization-code flow for Codex login

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items add an opt-in browser-based PKCE authorization-code OAuth flow to the Codex/OpenAI provider, alongside the existing device-code flow as the default.

## 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 #116340. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116340 (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-116340`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #95743: \[Feature\] Add Authorization Code OAuth flow support for OpenAI provider

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116340: Codex login gains an opt-in browser PKCE flow on localhost:1455; device code stays default (#95743, salvage #97058)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cli-config.yaml.example`, `hermes_cli/auth_codex.py`, `hermes_cli/auth_codex_browser.py`, `hermes_cli/auth_commands.py`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/subcommands/auth.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_auth_codex_browser_login.py`, `website/docs/guides/oauth-over-ssh.md`, `website/docs/integrations/providers.md`, `website/docs/reference/cli-commands.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/credential-pools.md`
- **#97058: feat(auth): add Codex authorization-code OAuth flow**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `d180fc4311`, `#116340`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116340 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-19`.