hermes-agent/website
Ben Barclay 7857d8737c feat(dashboard-auth): RFC 8252 native desktop sign-in (system browser + PKCE, no webview/cookies)
The Desktop app can now sign in to a gated gateway using the user's SYSTEM
browser and OAuth 2.0 for Native Apps (RFC 8252) instead of an embedded
Electron BrowserWindow, and authenticates with bearer tokens it holds itself
instead of relying on HttpOnly browser session cookies.

Why brokered: the upstream IDP (Nous Portal) binds client_id to the gateway
instance and only permits redirect_uris on the gateway's own origin, so a
desktop loopback redirect can't be a direct Portal client. The gateway
therefore acts as the authorization server TO the desktop and an OAuth client
TO the Portal, reusing the existing PKCE start_login/complete_login provider
path unchanged.

Server (Ben's dashboard-auth lane):
- native_flow.py: in-memory broker — binds the desktop's PKCE challenge to a
  completed Session, mints a single-use, short-TTL, PKCE-verified gateway
  authorization code. Constant-time compare, single-use (consumed before the
  PKCE check so a wrong verifier can't be retried), capacity-bounded.
- routes.py: GET /auth/native/authorize (starts the brokered PKCE login,
  loopback-only redirect_uri, S256-only), POST /auth/native/token (loopback
  code + verifier -> tokens in the JSON body, never Set-Cookie), POST
  /auth/native/refresh (desktop-held RT rotation). /auth/callback branches to
  mint a loopback code + 302 to 127.0.0.1 when a broker_state rides the PKCE
  cookie; the cookie/SPA path is untouched.
- middleware.py: the gate accepts Authorization: Bearer <access_token>,
  verified via the same verify_session provider stack (no cookie set/read),
  with the same "provider unreachable -> 503, not logout" semantics.
- web_server.py /api/status: advertise auth_flows (["cookie","native_pkce"])
  so clients can detect the capability; native_pkce only when a brokerable
  OAuth provider is registered.

Desktop (Ben's lane):
- native-oauth.ts: pure PKCE/capability/URL/callback/token helpers.
- native-oauth-login.ts: loopback-listener orchestration (system browser via
  openExternal, ephemeral 127.0.0.1 listener, state/PKCE verification), all
  I/O injected for testability.
- main.ts: capability-gated oauth-login IPC — native flow when advertised,
  automatic fallback to the existing embedded-webview cookie flow otherwise;
  tokens stored encrypted (safeStorage/OS keychain), REST + ws-ticket
  authenticated by bearer, transparent refresh, logout clears both shapes.

Tests: 18 server pytest (broker unit + full authorize->callback->token E2E +
cookieless bearer auth of a gated route + ws-ticket mint + capability
advertisement + refresh); desktop node --test/vitest for both pure modules
(PKCE, capability detection, callback CSRF, loopback round trip, timeout,
browser-open failure). Electron project typechecks clean.

Docs: website/docs/guides/desktop-native-signin.md.
2026-07-22 06:50:50 -07:00
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docs feat(dashboard-auth): RFC 8252 native desktop sign-in (system browser + PKCE, no webview/cookies) 2026-07-22 06:50:50 -07:00
i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current fix(secrets): validate bitwarden status token 2026-07-22 03:20:09 -07:00
scripts refactor(cron): rebrand Cron Recipes -> Automation Blueprints 2026-06-11 10:49:47 -07:00
src refactor(cron): rebrand Cron Recipes -> Automation Blueprints 2026-06-11 10:49:47 -07:00
static fix: regenerate model-catalog.json to dedupe sonnet-5 entries 2026-07-20 02:25:44 -07:00
.gitignore feat(skills-hub): health checks, freshness badge, and a watchdog cron (#32345) 2026-05-25 23:10:45 -07:00
docusaurus.config.ts fix(docs): disable fuzzy matching in docs search (exact word or prefix only) (#65103) 2026-07-15 09:57:46 -07:00
package-lock.json docs(website): redirect old automation-templates URL to automation-blueprints 2026-06-12 09:46:27 -07:00
package.json docs(website): redirect old automation-templates URL to automation-blueprints 2026-06-12 09:46:27 -07:00
README.md docs: replace ASCII diagrams with Mermaid/lists, add linting note 2026-03-21 17:58:30 -07:00
sidebars.ts feat(skills): bundle docx, xlsx, and pdf office skills; refresh powerpoint (#68595) 2026-07-21 05:39:23 -07:00
tsconfig.json change(tooling): typecheck in CI, update ts to 6 2026-06-10 11:59:34 -04:00

Website

This website is built using Docusaurus, a modern static website generator.

Installation

yarn

Local Development

yarn start

This command starts a local development server and opens up a browser window. Most changes are reflected live without having to restart the server.

Build

yarn build

This command generates static content into the build directory and can be served using any static contents hosting service.

Deployment

Using SSH:

USE_SSH=true yarn deploy

Not using SSH:

GIT_USER=<Your GitHub username> yarn deploy

If you are using GitHub pages for hosting, this command is a convenient way to build the website and push to the gh-pages branch.

Diagram Linting

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