# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Redact secrets from cron error persistence

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #102700: cron: jobs.json stores raw error strings that can leak API key identifiers
- PR #102722: fix(cron): redact secrets before persisting errors to jobs.json/executions.db
- PR #102814: fix(cron): sanitize API keys/tokens in error messages before persisting to jobs.json

These issues and PRs concern API keys and tokens appearing in raw error strings that get written to jobs.json and executions.db. The work involves sanitizing or redacting sensitive values before they are persisted.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #102700: cron: jobs.json stores raw error strings that can leak API key identifiers

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#102722: fix(cron): redact secrets before persisting errors to jobs.json/executions.db**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/redact.py`, `cron/executions.py`, `cron/jobs.py`, `cron/scheduler.py`, `tests/cron/test_cron_jobs_error_redaction.py`
- **#102732: fix(cron): sanitize last_error before writing jobs.json**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#102722`
- **#102814: fix(cron): sanitize API keys/tokens in error messages before persisting to jobs.json**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#102722`, `#102722`
  - files: `cron/jobs.py`

## Fix status

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