# NousResearch/hermes-agent · MCP login overwrites credentials without rollback safety

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #98759: mcp login deletes working OAuth credentials before reauth succeeds; CLI has no rollback
- PR #99833: fix(mcp): preserve OAuth state during failed reauth

A bug where the MCP login flow deletes existing working OAuth credentials before a new authentication attempt completes, leaving users without credentials if the flow fails or is cancelled. The associated fixes restore or preserve prior credentials when reauth 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #98759: mcp login deletes working OAuth credentials before reauth succeeds; CLI has no rollback

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#98765: fix(mcp): restore prior OAuth credentials when hermes mcp login flow fails or is cancelled**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#92982`
- **#99833: fix(mcp): preserve OAuth state during failed reauth**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/mcp_config.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server_mcp.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_mcp_config.py`, `tests/tools/test_mcp_oauth.py`, `tools/mcp_oauth.py`, `tools/mcp_oauth_manager.py`, `tools/mcp_oauth_provider.py`, `tui_gateway/mcp_oauth_sessions.py`

## Fix status

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