# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop connection removal and re-add cookie/token issues

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #98242: Desktop: re-adding a remote gateway flashes 'Signed in' and skips login — connection still fails
- PR #128308: fix(desktop): clear a removed connection's cookie jar and native tokens on removal

These items relate to clearing cookies and native tokens when a desktop connection is removed, and a related issue where re-adding a remote gateway incorrectly shows a signed-in state while the connection fails.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #98242: Desktop: re-adding a remote gateway flashes 'Signed in' and skips login — connection still fails

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#98256: fix(desktop): clear a removed connection's cookie jar on removal**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#128308: fix(desktop): clear a removed connection's cookie jar and native tokens on removal**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/oauth-partition.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/oauth-partition.ts`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`