same problem here when using sudo -H bash and trying to start a
graphical application; ~root/.Xauthority does not get updated anymore.
problem seems to be that pam_xauth does no longer get the correct id for
the requesting user

pam_xauth(sudo:session): requesting user 0/0, target user 0/0

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Title:
  X applications won't run under sudo

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