# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Overly broad secret redaction regex false positives

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address cases where the secret/key redaction logic incorrectly matches ordinary identifiers, filenames, and snake_case paths (particularly those starting with sk_ or am_) due to overly broad regex patterns.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #109110. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #109110 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-109110`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #10983: \[Bug\]: Redaction incorrectly masks ordinary am_* identifiers

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#109110: fix(redact): ordinary am_* identifiers are no longer masked in tool output (#10983, salvage #11124)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/redact.py`, `tests/agent/test_redact.py`
- **#11010: Avoid redacting plain AgentMail-like identifiers**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #109110 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-12`.
- Subsystem: `agent`